socha

See also: 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/
  • (file)

Noun

socha f

  1. statue
  2. sculpture (work of art)
Declension

References

  1. "socha" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. "socha" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, second edition, Academia, 1968

Further reading

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

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 (diminutive soška)

  1. crotch of a tree
  2. branched support pole

Declension


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)

  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

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 Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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