socha

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoxa/

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Noun

socha f

1. statue
2. sculpture (work of art)

References

Further reading

• socha in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• socha in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔxa/

Noun

socha f (diminutive soška)

1. crotch of a tree
2. branched support pole

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.xa/

Noun

socha f (diminutive soszka)

1. wooden plow

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔxa/

Noun

socha f (genitive singular sochy, nominative plural sochy, genitive plural sôch, declension pattern of žena)

1. statue
2. sculpture (work of art)

Further reading

• socha in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk