slon "bishop", lad'a "castle"

[Dennis R. Preston]

Thanks Gerald; interesting that such sister-languages (or cousins if
you like) don't share the same chess symbols.

Dennis

PS: Since dictionaries are famous for repeating definitions,
introducing mistakes to generations of users, I'll ask anyhow.



>>David
>>
>>Harrrumph! I am working only from Polish (not Russian). I'll ask
>>people who know a lot more than me. (I know, I know; all I have to do
>>is walk out on the street, stop the first ....)
>>
>>dInIs
>
>    I can save Dennis some time. My Russian-English dictionary says of
>_slon-: "1) elephant. 2) (in chess) bishop." Meanwhile, my
>English-Russian dictionary says of (chess) "castle": lad'a. (literal
>meaning: (poetic) "boat").
>
>---Gerald Cohen

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