Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, earlier volva (“womb, female sexual organ”), probably from volvō (“to turn, wrap around”). Akin to Sanskrit उल्ब (úlba, “womb”).
vulva (plural vulvas or vulvae or vulvæ)
See usage notes at vagina for the difference between vulva and vagina.
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Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.
vulva f (plural vulvas or vulvae)
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.
vulva
Inflection of vulva (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | vulva | vulvat | ||
genitive | vulvan | vulvien | ||
partitive | vulvaa | vulvia | ||
illative | vulvaan | vulviin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | vulva | vulvat | ||
accusative | nom. | vulva | vulvat | |
gen. | vulvan | |||
genitive | vulvan | vulvien vulvainrare | ||
partitive | vulvaa | vulvia | ||
inessive | vulvassa | vulvissa | ||
elative | vulvasta | vulvista | ||
illative | vulvaan | vulviin | ||
adessive | vulvalla | vulvilla | ||
ablative | vulvalta | vulvilta | ||
allative | vulvalle | vulville | ||
essive | vulvana | vulvina | ||
translative | vulvaksi | vulviksi | ||
abessive | vulvatta | vulvitta | ||
instructive | — | vulvin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva.
vulva f (plural vulvas)
Borrowed from Latin vulva, Italian vulva, English vulva, Spanish vulva, Portuguese vulva, French vulve.
vulva (plural vulvas)
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from the Proto-Indo-European root *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
vulva f (plural vulve)
From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”). Cognates include Sanskrit उल्ब (ulba).
vulva f (genitive vulvae); first declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | vulva | vulvae |
Genitive | vulvae | vulvārum |
Dative | vulvae | vulvīs |
Accusative | vulvam | vulvās |
Ablative | vulvā | vulvīs |
Vocative | vulva | vulvae |
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
vulva f (plural vulvas)
Learned borrowing from Latin vulva, from earlier volva, from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”).
vulva f (plural vulvas)
vulva c
Declension of vulva | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vulva | vulvan | vulvor | vulvorna |
Genitive | vulvas | vulvans | vulvors | vulvornas |