שחמט

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שחמט

/ʃaχˈmat/ Modern Israeli

Where it comes from

Probably from Russian ша́хматы (šáxmaty, “chess”), from Persian شاه مات (šâh mât, “checkmate”). The final stress may be due to the predominant Hebrew accent and/or influenced by German Schachmatt (“checkmate”).

noun שַׁחְמָט · shakhmát

no plural chess (a board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king)
Similar: מִשְׂחַק הַמְּלָכִים, אִישְׁקוּקָה, אִישְׁקוּקִי, נַדְרְשִׁיר

In English

chess two-player board game

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {שחמט},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%A9%D7%97%D7%9E%D7%98},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}