Sokol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sokol"

English

Etymology

From several Slavic languages, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ (“falcon”).

Proper noun

Sokol (plural Sokols)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sokol is the 6158^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5559 individuals. Sokol is most common among White (95.66%) individuals.

Noun

Sokol (plural Sokols)

1. A Czech gymnastic society, once associated with Czech nationalism; a branch or member of this organisation.
   • 2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 144:

     Under the eyes of the authorities and the gendarmerie those Sokols were multiplying in the interior of the kingdom.

Anagrams

• kolos, looks

Albanian

Proper noun

Sokol m

1. a male given name

Czech

Etymology

From sokol (“falcon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsokol]

Proper noun

Sokol m anim (female equivalent Sokolová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sokol (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sokol	Sokolové
genitive	Sokola	Sokolů
dative	Sokolovi	Sokolům
accusative	Sokola	Sokoly
vocative	Sokole	Sokolové
locative	Sokolovi	Sokolech
instrumental	Sokolem	Sokoly

Further reading

• “Sokol”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Etymology

From sokol (“falcon”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔkɔl]

Proper noun

Sokol m pers (female equivalent Sokolová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sokol (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Sokol	Sokolovia	Sokolovci
genitive	Sokola	Sokolov	Sokolovcov
dative	Sokolovi	Sokolom	Sokolovcom
accusative	Sokola	Sokolov	Sokolovcov
locative	Sokolovi	Sokoloch	Sokolovcoch
instrumental	Sokolom	Sokolmi	Sokolovcami

Further reading

• “Sokol”, 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