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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish pochwa, from Proto-Slavic *poxъva. Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Latin vāgīna (“scabbard”). Cognate with Belarusian по́хва (póxva), Czech pochva, and Ukrainian пі́хва (píxva).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.xfa/
- Rhymes: -ɔxfa
- Syllabification: po‧chwa
Noun
pochwa f (diminutive pochewka)
- vagina (passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus for copulation and childbirth in female mammals)
- Synonym: wagina
- sheath, holster, scabbard
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Further reading
- pochwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pochwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN