sakk-matt
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Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A wanderword. Borrowed from German Schachmatt (“checkmate”). First attested in 1651. Utimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is defeated”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]sakk-matt
Noun
[edit]sakk-matt (plural sakk-mattok)
- (chess) checkmate (the conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent's king is threatened with unavoidable capture)
- Synonym: matt
- (figuratively, by extension) checkmate (any losing situation with no escape; utter defeat)
Declension
[edit]Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | sakk-matt | sakk-mattok |
accusative | sakk-mattot | sakk-mattokat |
dative | sakk-mattnak | sakk-mattoknak |
instrumental | sakk-mattal | sakk-mattokkal |
causal-final | sakk-mattért | sakk-mattokért |
translative | sakk-mattá | sakk-mattokká |
terminative | sakk-mattig | sakk-mattokig |
essive-formal | sakk-mattként | sakk-mattokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | sakk-mattban | sakk-mattokban |
superessive | sakk-matton | sakk-mattokon |
adessive | sakk-mattnál | sakk-mattoknál |
illative | sakk-mattba | sakk-mattokba |
sublative | sakk-mattra | sakk-mattokra |
allative | sakk-matthoz | sakk-mattokhoz |
elative | sakk-mattból | sakk-mattokból |
delative | sakk-mattról | sakk-mattokról |
ablative | sakk-mattól | sakk-mattoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
sakk-matté | sakk-mattoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
sakk-mattéi | sakk-mattokéi |
Possessive forms of sakk-matt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | sakk-mattom | sakk-mattjaim |
2nd person sing. | sakk-mattod | sakk-mattjaid |
3rd person sing. | sakk-mattja | sakk-mattjai |
1st person plural | sakk-mattunk | sakk-mattjaink |
2nd person plural | sakk-mattotok | sakk-mattjaitok |
3rd person plural | sakk-mattjuk | sakk-mattjaik |
References
[edit]- ^ sakk-matt in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
[edit]- sakk-matt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN