socha

See also: Socha, sochą, and Sochą

Czech

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsoxa]

• Audio:

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Noun

socha f

1. (sculpture) statue
2. (art, sculpture) sculpture (work of art)

   Socha malého chlapce. ― A statue of a little boy.

Declension

Declension of socha (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	socha	sochy
genitive	sochy	soch
dative	soše	sochám
accusative	sochu	sochy
vocative	socho	sochy
locative	soše	sochách
instrumental	sochou	sochami

Derived terms

nouns

• sochař
• sochařství
• sousoší

 

Further reading

• “socha”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “socha”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “socha”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔxa/

Noun

socha f (diminutive soška)

1. crotch of a tree
2. branched support pole

Declension

Declension of socha

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	socha	soše	sochy
Genitive	sochy	sochowu	sochow
Dative	soše	sochoma	socham
Accusative	sochu	soše	sochy
Instrumental	sochu	sochoma	sochami
Locative	soše	sochoma	sochach

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish socha, from Proto-Slavic *soxa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.xa/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Western Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.xa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔxa
• Syllabification: so‧cha
• Homophone: Socha

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) pole of a well

Declension

Declension of socha

	singular	plural
nominative	socha	sochy
genitive	sochy	soch
dative	sosze	sochom
accusative	sochę	sochy
instrumental	sochą	sochami
locative	sosze	sochach
vocative	socho	sochy

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *soxa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔxa]

Noun

socha f

1. statue
2. sculpture (work of art)

Declension

Declension of socha

	singular	plural
nominative	socha	sochy
genitive	sochy	sôch
dative	soche	sochám
accusative	sochu	sochy
locative	soche	sochách
instrumental	sochou	sochami

Related terms

• sochár
• sochársky
• sochárstvo
• sochový
• sošný
• sošne
• sošnosť
• soška

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2024