шашка
Russian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
шах (šax, “check”) + -ка (-ka).
Noun edit
ша́шка • (šáška) f inan (genitive ша́шки, nominative plural ша́шки, genitive plural ша́шек)
- checker, draughtsman (a piece in a game of checkers/draughts)
- (in the plural) checkers/draughts (board game)
- explosive charge, stick (e.g. of dynamite)
- (military) smoke grenade
- (construction) paving block
Declension edit
Declension of ша́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Descendants edit
- → Ingrian: šaška
Etymology 2 edit
A Circassian borrowing, compare to Adyghe сэшхуэ (sɛšxʷɛ, “long knife”).
Noun edit
ша́шка • (šáška) f inan (genitive ша́шки, nominative plural ша́шки, genitive plural ша́шек)
- Cossack sabre, Circassian sabre, shashka (a type of guardless, lightly-curved sabre)
- (military, dated) rider, cavalryman (as a counting unit of military strength)
Declension edit
Declension of ша́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)
Descendants edit
- → Kalmyk: чашк (çaşk)