sokol

See also: Sokol, sokół, sokoł, Sokól, Sőkől, and Sokoľ

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ (see Serbo-Croatian soko, Bulgarian sokol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈkol/
• Rhymes: -kol
• Hyphenation: so‧kól

Noun

sokol m (plural sokola, definite sokoli, definite plural sokolat)

1. (zoology) hawk, kestrel, common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

   Synonyms: petrit, fajkua, shahin, kaçubet, skifter

2. (figurative, also adjective) valiant, valorous, brave

   Synonym: petrit

Declension

Declension of sokol

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	sokol	sokola	sokoli	sokolat
accusative			sokolin
dative	sokoli	sokolave	sokolit	sokolavet
ablative		sokolash

Further reading

• “sokol”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “sokol”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “sokol”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 456

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sokol, from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsokol]

Noun

sokol m anim

1. falcon

Declension

Declension of sokol (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	sokol	sokoli, sokolové
genitive	sokola	sokolů
dative	sokolovi, sokolu	sokolům
accusative	sokola	sokoly
vocative	sokole	sokoli, sokolové
locative	sokolovi, sokolu	sokolech
instrumental	sokolem	sokoly

Derived terms

adjectives

• sokolí
• sokolový
• sokolský

 

nouns

• sokolátko
• sokolče
• sokole
• sokolec
• sokolice
• sokolíče
• sokolíček
• sokolík
• sokolka
• sokolnice
• sokolník
• Sokolov
• sokolovna

 

Further reading

• sokol in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sokol in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• sokol in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• sȍko (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sôkol/
• Hyphenation: so‧kol

Noun

sȍkol m (Cyrillic spelling со̏кол)

1. (Croatia) falcon

Declension

Declension of sokol

	singular	plural
nominative	soko(l)	sokolovi
genitive	sokola	sokolova
dative	sokolu	sokolovima
accusative	sokola	sokolove
vocative	sokole	sokolovi
locative	sokolu	sokolovima
instrumental	sokolom	sokolovima

Further reading

• “sokol” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovak

Sokol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sokolъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔkɔl]

Noun

sokol m anim (genitive singular sokola, nominative plural sokoly, genitive plural sokolov)

1. falcon

Declension

Declension of sokol

	singular	plural
nominative	sokol	sokoly
genitive	sokola	sokolov
dative	sokolovi	sokolom
accusative	sokola	sokoly
locative	sokolovi	sokoloch
instrumental	sokolom	sokolmi

Derived terms

adjectives

• sokolí
• sokolský

 

nouns

• sokolica
• sokolík
• sokolíček
• sokolka
• sokolstvo

 

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, 2024

Slovene

Sokol

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sokolъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̀ːkɔl/

Noun

sókol m anim

1. falcon

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	sôkol
gen. sing.	sokôla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	sôkol	sokôla	sokôli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	sokôla	sokôlov	sokôlov
dative (dajȃlnik)	sokôlu	sokôloma	sokôlom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	sokôla	sokôla	sokôle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	sokôlu	sokôlih	sokôlih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	sokôlom	sokôloma	sokôli

Further reading

• “sokol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran