šach

See also: sach, sách, and sạch

Czech

Etymology

Via Arabic, from Persian شاه‎ (shāh).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃax/

Noun

šach m

  1. (chess) check
  2. shah

Declension

Inanimate:

Declension
singular plural
nominative šach šachy
genitive šachu šachů
dative šachu šachům
accusative šach šachy
vocative šachu šachy
locative šachu šachách
instrumental šachem šachy

Animate:

Declension
singular plural
nominative šach šachové
genitive šacha šachů
dative šachu, šachovi šachům
accusative šacha šachy
vocative šachu šachové
locative šachu, šachovi šaších
instrumental šachem šachy

Further reading
  • šach in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • šach in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃax/

Etymology

Via Arabic, from Persian شاه‎ (shāh).

Noun

šach m (genitive singular šacha, nominative plural šachovia, genitive plural šachov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. Shah (Persian ruler)
Declension
Declension of šach
singular plural
nominative šach šachovia
genitive šacha šachov
dative šachovi šachom
accusative šacha šachov
locative šachovi šachoch
instrumental šachom šachmi

Noun

šach m (genitive singular šachu, nominative plural šachy, genitive plural šachov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. chess
  2. checkmate (singular only)
Declension
Declension of šach
singular plural
nominative šach šachy
genitive šachu šachov
dative šachu šachom
accusative šach šachov
locative šachu šachoch
instrumental šachom šachmi
Derived terms
  • šachová figúrka (noun)
  • šachovnica (noun)
  • šachový (adjective)

Interjection

šach

  1. (chess) check

Further reading
  • šach in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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