sakk-matt
Hungarian
Etymology
A wanderword. Borrowed from German Schachmatt (“checkmate”). First attested in 1651. Utimately from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “the king is defeated”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃɒkmɒtː]
- Hyphenation: sakk-‧matt
- Rhymes: -ɒtː
Interjection
sakk-matt
Noun
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
| 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 |
| 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
- ^ 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
- sakk-matt in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.