соха

From Proto-Slavic *soxa, of Proto-Indo-European origin. Akin to Russian соха́ (soxá, “forked rod”), Serbo-Croatian soha, Slovak socha (“statue”). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Armenian ցախ (cʻax, “branch”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old Irish géc (“branch”) and Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”).

соха́ • (sohá) f

1. forked rod

 соха on Russian Wikipedia

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa, akin to Bulgarian соха́ (sohá, “forked rod”), Serbo-Croatian соха/soha, Slovak socha (“statue”). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Armenian ցախ (cʻax, “branch”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old Irish géc (“branch”) and Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”).

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• Homophone: Саха́ (Saxá)

соха́ • (soxá) f inan (genitive сохи́, nominative plural со́хи, genitive plural сох, diminutive со́шка)

1. sokha, Russian ard (a type of wooden plough/plow with high, horizontal draft-poles and usually two metal-tipped shares, originating in Northern Russia in medieval times and widely used in Russia and nearby countries until the early 20th century)

• плуг (plug)
• косу́ля (kosúlja)
• ра́ло (rálo), ора́ло (orálo)

• посо́шный (posóšnyj)
• рассо́ха f (rassóxa)
• соха́тый (soxátyj)
• со́шка f (sóška)
• сошни́к m (sošník)

Phrases

• от сохи́ (ot soxí)

• по́сох m (pósox)

• → Bashkir: һуҡа (huqa, “wooden plow”)
• → English: sokha

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “соха”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.

• IPA^(key): /sǒxa/
• Hyphenation: со‧ха

со̀ха f (Latin spelling sòha)

1. branching tree

• “соха”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Proto-Slavic *soxa, akin to Bulgarian соха́ (sohá, “forked rod”), Serbo-Croatian соха/soha, Slovak socha (“statue”). Non-Slavic cognates include Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”), Gothic 𐌷𐍉𐌷𐌰 (hōha, “plough”), Armenian ցախ (cʻax, “branch”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), Old Irish géc (“branch”) and Persian شاخ (šâx, “branch”).

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соха́ • (soxá) f inan (genitive сохи́, nominative plural со́хи, genitive plural сіх)

1. supporting column, pillar
2. wooden plow