socha
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech *socha meant “mast, pillar, column” and was derived from Proto-Slavic *soxa (“crotch of a tree, trunk ending with a branch stub”) with unsure origins.[1] The current Czech and Slovak meaning derives from the fact such pillars in homes were ornamented with wood carvings.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsoxa]
audio (file)
Noun
socha f
Declension
References
- "socha" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
- Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *soxa, from Proto-Indo-European *sokh₂o-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian socha, Polish socha, Czech socha (“statue, sculpture”), Serbo-Croatian soha, and Ukrainian соха (soxa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔxa/
Declension
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “socha”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “socha”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish socha, from Proto-Slavic *soxa, from Proto-Indo-European *sokh₂o-. Cognate with Upper Sorbian socha, Lower Sorbian socha, Czech socha (“statue, sculpture”), Serbo-Croatian soha, and Russian соха (soxa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.xa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔxa
- Syllabification: so‧cha
- Homophone: Socha
Noun
socha f (diminutive soszka)
- (agriculture) sokha
- (wooden architecture) vertical forked post
- (dialectal) Y-shaped tree trunk or branch
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsɔxa]
Noun
socha f (genitive singular sochy, nominative plural sochy, genitive plural sôch, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Related terms
- sochár
- sochársky
- sochárstvo
- sochový
- sošný
- sošne
- sošnosť
- soška
Further reading
- “socha”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024