socha
Czech edit
Etymology edit
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]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
socha f
- (sculpture) statue
- (art, sculpture) sculpture (work of art)
- Socha malého chlapce. ― A statue of a little boy.
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References edit
- ^ "socha" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
- ^ Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
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Lower Sorbian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
socha f inan (diminutive soška)
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Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish socha, 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 edit
Noun edit
socha f (diminutive soszka)
- (agriculture) sokha
- (wooden architecture) vertical forked post
- (dialectal) Y-shaped tree trunk or branch
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Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
socha f (genitive singular sochy, nominative plural sochy, genitive plural sôch, declension pattern of žena)
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Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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, 2024