samomat

Czech

Etymology

Literally, “selfmate”, from samo- +‎ mat. Compare English selfmate, German Selbstmatt and Polish samomat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsamomat]
• Rhymes: -omat
• Hyphenation: sa‧mo‧mat

Noun

samomat m inan (related adjective samomatový)

1. (chess) selfmate (chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves)

Declension

Declension of samomat (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	samomat	samomaty
genitive	samomatu	samomatů
dative	samomatu	samomatům
accusative	samomat	samomaty
vocative	samomate	samomaty
locative	samomatu	samomatech
instrumental	samomatem	samomaty

Further reading

• samomat in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• samomat in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• samomat in Internetová jazyková příručka

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “selfmate”, from samo- +‎ mat. Compare English selfmate, German Selbstmatt and Czech samomat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.mat/
• Rhymes: -ɔmat
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧mat

Noun

samomat m inan

1. (chess) selfmate (chess problem in which the white player, moving first, must force the black player to deliver checkmate within a specified number of moves)

Declension

Declension of samomat

	singular	plural
nominative	samomat	samomaty
genitive	samomatu	samomatów
dative	samomatowi	samomatom
accusative	samomat	samomaty
instrumental	samomatem	samomatami
locative	samomacie	samomatach
vocative	samomacie	samomaty

Further reading

• samomat in Polish dictionaries at PWN