# пешка
## Belarusian
### Alternative forms

* pieška — Łacinka (Belarusian Latin alphabet)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пе́шка (péška).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpʲeʂka]
* Rhymes: -eʂka
* Hyphenation: пеш‧ка

### Noun

пе́шка • (pjéška) f inan (genitive пе́шкі, nominative plural пе́шкі, genitive plural пешк)
* (chess) pawn
** 1955, Jakub Kołas, На ростанях. 2, Мінск: Дзяржаўнае выдавецтва БССР, page 341:Ад людзе́й, гало́ўным чы́нам тых, што сядзе́лі ў астро́зе, пераня́ў ён уме́льства выле́пліваць з хле́ба маста́цкія фігу́ры і пе́шкі для гульні́ ў ша́хматы, ве́льмі трыва́лыя і мо́цныя.Ad ljudzjéj, halóŭnym čýnam tyx, što sjadzjéli ŭ astrózje, pjeranjáŭ jon umjélʹstva vyljéplivacʹ z xljéba mastáckija fihúry i pjéški dlja hulʹní ŭ šáxmaty, vjélʹmi tryvályja i mócnyja.From the people, who were predominantly prison inmates, he picked up the skill of shaping bread into artistic pieces and pawns for playing chess, very durable and strong.

#### Declension

$^1$Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

#### See also

Chess pieces in Belarusian · ша́хматныя фігу́ры (šáxmatnyja fihúry) (layout · text) :
| каро́ль (karólʹ) | ферзь (fjerzʹ) | ладдзя́ (laddzjá) | слон (slon) | конь (konʹ) | пе́шка (pjéška) |

### References

* ↑ Martynaŭ, V. U., Tsykhun, G. A., editors (1978–2017), “пешка”, in Этымалагічны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Etymological Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka
* “пешка”, in Skarnik's Belarusian dictionary (in Belarusian), based on Kandrat Krapiva's Explanatory Dictionary of the Belarusian Language (1977-1984)
* “пешка” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pěšьka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɛʃkɐ]

### Noun

пе́шка • (péška) f
* (chess) pawn (chess piece)
* (figuratively) pawn

#### See also

Chess pieces in Bulgarian · шахматни фигури (šahmatni figuri) (layout · text) :
| цар (car) | царица (carica) | топ (top) | офицер (oficer) | кон (kon) | пешка (peška) |

### Anagrams

* пешак (pešak)

## Kazakh

Alternative scripts :
| Arabic | پەشكا |
| Cyrillic | пешка |
| Latin | peşka |
| Yañalif | pecka |

### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian пе́шка (péška).

### Noun

пешка • (peşka)
* (chess) pawn

#### See also

Chess pieces in Kazakh · шахмат тастары (şaxmat tastary) (layout · text) :
| патша (patşa) | уәзір (uäzır), патшайым (patşaiym) | тура (tura) | піл (pıl) | ат (at) | пешка (peşka), сарбаз (sarbaz) |

## Moksha
### Noun

пешка • (peška)
* indefinite singular comparative degree of пе (pe)

## Russian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pěšьka, derived from Proto-Slavic *pěšь (“pedestrian, on foot”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpʲeʂkə]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

пе́шка • (péška) f anim or f inan (genitive пе́шки, nominative plural пе́шки, genitive plural пе́шек)
* (chess, animate or inanimate) pawn
* (figuratively, animate) pawn

#### Abbreviations

* (chess pawn): п² (p²), пп (pp)

#### Related terms

* пешко́м (peškóm)

#### Descendants

* → Kazakh: пешка (peşka)
* → Yakut: биэскэ (bieske)

#### See also

Chess pieces in Russian · ша́хматные фигу́ры (šáxmatnyje figúry) (layout · text) :
| коро́ль (korólʹ) | ферзь (ferzʹ) | ладья́ (ladʹjá) | слон (slon) | конь (konʹ) | пе́шка (péška) |