socha

See also: Socha, sochą, and Sochą

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]
  • (file)

Noun

socha f

  1. (sculpture) statue
  2. (art, sculpture) sculpture (work of art)
    Socha malého chlapce.A statue of a little boy.

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

References

  1. "socha" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

Further reading

  • socha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • socha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • socha in Internetová jazyková příručka

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/

Noun

socha f inan (diminutive soška)

  1. crotch of a tree
  2. branched support pole

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/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔxa
  • Syllabification: so‧cha
  • Homophone: Socha

Noun

socha f (diminutive soszka)

  1. (agriculture) sokha
  2. (wooden architecture) vertical forked post
  3. (dialectal) Y-shaped tree trunk or branch

Declension

Further reading

  • socha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • socha in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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)

  1. statue
  2. sculpture (work of art)

Declension

  • 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
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