шахматы

Belarusian

Alternative forms

• šachmaty, szachmaty — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic шахматꙑ (šaxmaty).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂaxmatɨ]

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• Rhymes: -axmatɨ
• Hyphenation: шах‧ма‧ты

Noun

ша́хматы • (šáxmaty) m inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only, relational adjective ша́хматны)

1. chess
2. chess piece

Declension

Declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only hard masc-form accent-a)

	plural
nominative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
genitive	ша́хмат šáxmat
dative	ша́хматам šáxmatam
accusative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
instrumental	ша́хматамі šáxmatami
locative	ша́хматах šáxmatax

Derived terms

nouns

• шахматы́ст m pers (šaxmatýst)

References

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

Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic шахматꙑ (šaxmaty), probably from Middle High German schāch unde mat (compare German Schachmatt (“checkmate”)), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is conquered”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʂaxmətɨ]

• Audio:

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Noun

ша́хматы • (šáxmaty) f inan pl (genitive ша́хмат, plural only, relational adjective ша́хматный, pejorative шахмати́шки)

1. chess (two-player board game)

Declension

Declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
genitive	ша́хмат šáxmat
dative	ша́хматам šáxmatam
accusative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
instrumental	ша́хматами šáxmatami
prepositional	ша́хматах šáxmatax

Pre-reform declension of ша́хматы (inan pl-only fem-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	plural
nominative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
genitive	ша́хматъ šáxmat
dative	ша́хматамъ šáxmatam
accusative	ша́хматы šáxmaty
instrumental	ша́хматами šáxmatami
prepositional	ша́хматахъ šáxmatax

Derived terms

• гексагона́льные ша́хматы (geksagonálʹnyje šáxmaty, “hexagonal chess”)

Related terms

• мат (mat)
• шах (šax)
• шахмати́ст (šaxmatíst), шахмати́стка (šaxmatístka)

Descendants

• → Hebrew: שחמט (shakhmát)
• → Ingrian: šahmatat
• → Tajik: шоҳмот (šohmot) (semantic loan)
• → Azerbaijani: şahmat (semantic loan)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “шахматы”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “шахматы”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 2 (панцирь – ящур), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 406