socha
Czech
Etymology
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/
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Declension
Related terms
References
- "socha" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
- "socha" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968
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/
Polish
Etymology
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/
Noun
socha f (diminutive soszka)
- (agriculture) sokha
- (wooden architecture) vertical forked post
- (dialectal) Y-shaped tree trunk or branch
Declension
Slovak
Etymology
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 Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk