пешка

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• pieška — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пе́шка (péška).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲeʂka]
• Rhymes: -eʂka
• Hyphenation: пеш‧ка

Noun

пе́шка • (pjéška) f inan (genitive пе́шкі, nominative plural пе́шкі, genitive plural пешк)

1. (chess) pawn
   • 1955, Jakub Kołas, На ростанях. 2, Мінск: Дзяржаўнае выдавецтва БССР, page 341:

     Ад людзе́й, гало́ўным чы́нам тых, што сядзе́лі ў астро́зе, пераня́ў ён уме́льства выле́пліваць з хле́ба маста́цкія фігу́ры і пе́шкі для гульні́ ў ша́хматы, ве́льмі трыва́лыя і мо́цныя.

     Ad ljudzjéj, halóŭnym čýnam tyx, što sjadzjéli ŭ astrózje, pjeranjáŭ jon umjélʹstva vyljéplivacʹ z xljéba mastáckija fihúry i pjéški dlja hulʹní ŭ šáxmaty, vjélʹmi tryvályja i mócnyja.

     From the people, who were predominantly prison inmates, he picked up the skill of shaping bread into artistic pieces and pawns for playing chess, very durable and strong.

Declension

Declension of пе́шка (inan velar fem-form accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	пе́шка pjéška	пе́шкі pjéški
genitive	пе́шкі pjéški	пе́шак pjéšak
dative	пе́шцы pjéšcy	пе́шкам pjéškam
accusative	пе́шку pjéšku	пе́шкі pjéški
instrumental	пе́шкай, пе́шкаю pjéškaj, pjéškaju	пе́шкамі pjéškami
locative	пе́шцы pjéšcy	пе́шках pjéškax
count form	—	пе́шкі1 pjéški1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

See also

Chess pieces in Belarusian · ша́хматныя фігу́ры (šáxmatnyja fihúry) (layout · text)
каро́ль (karólʹ)	ферзь (fjerzʹ)	ладдзя́ (laddzjá)	слон (slon)	конь (konʹ)	пе́шка (pjéška)

References

• “пешка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
• “пешка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěšьka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛʃkɐ]

Noun

пе́шка • (péška) f

1. (chess) pawn (chess piece)
2. (figuratively) pawn

Declension

Declension of пе́шка

	singular	plural
indefinite	пе́шка péška	пе́шки péški
definite	пе́шката péškata	пе́шките péškite

See also

Chess pieces in Bulgarian · шахматни фигури (šahmatni figuri) (layout · text)
цар (car)	царица (carica)	топ (top)	офицер (oficer)	кон (kon)	пешка (peška)

Anagrams

• пешак (pešak)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	پەشكا
Cyrillic	пешка
Latin	peşka

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пе́шка (péška).

Noun

пешка • (peşka)

1. (chess) pawn

Declension

Declension of пешка

	singular	plural
nominative	пешка (peşka)	пешкалар (peşkalar)
genitive	пешканың (peşkanyñ)	пешкалардың (peşkalardyñ)
dative	пешкаға (peşkağa)	пешкаларға (peşkalarğa)
accusative	пешканы (peşkany)	пешкаларды (peşkalardy)
locative	пешкада (peşkada)	пешкаларда (peşkalarda)
ablative	пешкадан (peşkadan)	пешкалардан (peşkalardan)
instrumental	пешкамен (peşkamen)	пешкалармен (peşkalarmen)

See also

Chess pieces in Kazakh · шахмат тастары (şaxmat tastary) (layout · text)
патша (patşa)	уәзір (uäzır), патшайым (patşaiym)	тура (tura)	піл (pıl)	ат (at)	пешка (peşka), сарбаз (sarbaz)

Moksha

Noun

пешка • (peška)

1. indefinite singular comparative degree of пе (pe)

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěšьka, derived from Proto-Slavic *pěšь (“pedestrian, on foot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʲeʂkə]

• Audio:

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Noun

пе́шка • (péška) f anim or f inan (genitive пе́шки, nominative plural пе́шки, genitive plural пе́шек)

1. (chess, animate or inanimate) pawn
2. (figuratively, animate) pawn

Declension

Declension of пе́шка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

		singular	plural
nominative		пе́шка péška	пе́шки péški
genitive		пе́шки péški	пе́шек péšek
dative		пе́шке péške	пе́шкам péškam
accusative	animate	пе́шку péšku	пе́шек péšek
	inanimate		пе́шки péški
instrumental		пе́шкой, пе́шкою péškoj, péškoju	пе́шками péškami
prepositional		пе́шке péške	пе́шках péškax

Pre-reform declension of пе́шка (bian fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

		singular	plural
nominative		пе́шка péška	пе́шки péški
genitive		пе́шки péški	пе́шекъ péšek
dative		пе́шкѣ péškě	пе́шкамъ péškam
accusative	animate	пе́шку péšku	пе́шекъ péšek
	inanimate		пе́шки péški
instrumental		пе́шкой, пе́шкою péškoj, péškoju	пе́шками péškami
prepositional		пе́шкѣ péškě	пе́шкахъ péškax

Abbreviations

• (chess pawn): п² (p²), пп (pp)

Related terms

• пешко́м (peškóm)

Descendants

• → Kazakh: пешка (peşka)
• → Yakut: биэскэ (bieske)

See also

Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text)
коро́ль (korólʹ)	ферзь (ferzʹ)	ладья́ (ladʹjá)	слон (slon)	конь (konʹ)	пе́шка (péška)