siach

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From siachmat, by analogy with English check from checkmate. A learned borrowing from Arabic شَاه مَاتَ (šāh māta), from Persian (šâh mât, “the king [is] amazed”).

Noun[edit]

siach m (plural siachau, not mutable)

(chess) check

Related terms[edit]

siachmat

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