socha

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See also: Socha, sochą, and Sochą

Czech

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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]

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Noun

socha f

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

Declension

Declension of socha (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative socha sochy
genitive sochy soch
dative soše sochám
accusative sochu sochy
vocative socho sochy
locative soše sochách
instrumental sochou sochami

Derived terms

nouns

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “socha”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “socha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “socha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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

Noun

socha f (diminutive soška)

  1. crotch of a tree
  2. branched support pole

Declension

Declension of socha
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative socha soše sochy
Genitive sochy sochowu sochow
Dative soše sochoma socham
Accusative sochu soše sochy
Instrumental sochu sochoma sochami
Locative soše sochoma sochach

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

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish socha, from Proto-Slavic *soxa.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

socha f (diminutive soszka)

  1. (agriculture) sokha
  2. (wooden architecture) vertical forked post
  3. (dialectal) Y-shaped tree trunk or branch
  4. (Western Greater Poland) pole of a well

Declension

Declension of socha
singular plural
nominative socha sochy
genitive sochy soch
dative sosze sochom
accusative sochę sochy
instrumental sochą sochami
locative sosze sochach
vocative socho sochy

Further reading

  • socha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • socha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “socha”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 28

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.

Pronunciation

Noun

socha f

  1. statue
  2. sculpture (work of art)

Declension

Declension of socha
singular plural
nominative socha sochy
genitive sochy sôch
dative soche sochám
accusative sochu sochy
locative soche sochách
instrumental sochou sochami

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, 2003–2024
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