сокач

Bulgarian

Etymology

Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сокачьи (sokačĭi, “butcher”), Hungarian szakács (“cook”), of unclear origin:

• Perhaps an Oghur borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *sok- (“to stuff, to penetrate”);
• From unattested Proto-Slavic *sokati (“to cut”), akin to e-grade Bulgarian сека́ (seká, “to cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈkat͡ʃ]

Noun

сока́ч • (sokáč) m (feminine сока́чица)

1. (obsolete) cook, butcher
2. (dialectal, Banat) person in charge of catering during weddings or other ceremonies

Declension

Declension of сока́ч

	singular	plural
indefinite	сока́ч sokáč	сока́чи sokáči
definite (subject form)	сока́чът sokáčǎt	сока́чите sokáčite
definite (object form)	сока́ча sokáča
vocative form	сока́чо sokáčo	сока́чи sokáči

Alternative forms

• сокачи́я (sokačíja) — obsolete

References

• Todorov, T. A., Racheva, M., editors (2010), “сокач(ица)”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 7 (слòво – теря̀свам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 292
• “сокачии”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024