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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. The current Czech and Slovak meaning derives from the fact such pillars in homes were ornamented with wood carvings.

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Noun

socha f (diminutive soška)

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

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References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “socha”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého , 2nd edition, Prague: Academia

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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).

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Noun

socha f (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

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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, Przemyśl) pole of a well

Declension

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
  • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “socha”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 341

Slovak

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.

Pronunciation

Noun

socha f (relational adjective sošný or sochový, diminutive soška or sôška)

  1. statue
  2. sculpture (work of art)

Declension

Declension of socha
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativesochasochy
genitivesochysôch
dativesochesochám
accusativesochusochy
locativesochesochách
instrumentalsochousochami

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