похва
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Belarusian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *poxva. Cognates include Polish pochwa and Ukrainian пі́хва (píxva).
Pronunciation
Noun
по́хва • (póxva) f inan (genitive по́хвы, nominative plural по́хвы, genitive plural по́хваў)
- (anatomy) vagina
- sheath, holster, scabbard
- 1923 [1900], Seumas MacManus, translated by Symon Rak-Michajłoŭski, Ірляндзкія Народныя Казкі, Вільня, translation of Donegal fairy Stories, page 100:
- З гэ́тымі словамі ён вы́хапіў з похвы свой стра́шны Бліску́чы Меч, зьзя́ньне якога тройчы абяга́ла кругом сьве́ту, як толькі яго выйма́лі з похвы, а са́мы лёгкі ўдар на́сьмерць забіва́ў уся́кую жыву́ю істоту.
- Z hétymi slóvami jon výxapiŭ z póxvy svoj strášny Bliskúčy Mječ, zʹzjánʹnje jakóha trójčy abjahála kruhóm sʹvjétu, jak tólʹki jahó vyjmáli z póxvy, a sámy ljóhki ŭdar násʹmjercʹ zabiváŭ usjákuju žyvúju istótu.
Declension
Declension of по́хва (inan hard fem-form accent-a)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | по́хва póxva |
по́хвы póxvy |
| genitive | по́хвы póxvy |
по́хваў póxvaŭ |
| dative | по́хве póxvje |
по́хвам póxvam |
| accusative | по́хву póxvu |
по́хвы póxvy |
| instrumental | по́хвай, по́хваю póxvaj, póxvaju |
по́хвамі póxvami |
| locative | по́хве póxvje |
по́хвах póxvax |
| count form | — | по́хвы1 póxvy1 |
1Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.
References
- “похва” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org