sheath
—
vagina
23 realizations
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Belarusan | |
| Lexeme | похва | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Slounik.org | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Czech | |
| Lexeme | pochva | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | SSJČ | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Danish | |
| Lexeme | skede | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Krymova et al. 2004 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Dutch | |
| Lexeme | schede | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | (formal) vagina | |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | German | |
| Lexeme | Scheide | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001 | |
| Comment | The anatomical sense (16th c.) is a calque of Latin vagīna. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Hungarian | |
| Lexeme | hüvely | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | Száz kard ugrott ki a hüvelyből. (Mikszáth Kálmán) A hundred swords jumped out of the sheath. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | MEK 1978 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Icelandic | |
| Lexeme | skeið | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | ISLEX | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Italian | |
| Lexeme | vagina | |
| Meaning 1 | (archaic) sheath | ...corse la mano Sovra la spada, e dalla gran vagina Traendo la venìa (Vincenzo Monti, 1754–1828) |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Vocabolario Treccani | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Itelmen | |
| Lexeme | фансх | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | PIRS: 267 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latin | |
| Lexeme | vagina | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Lewis, Short | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Latvian | |
| Lexeme | maksts | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | izvilkt zobenu no maksts to draw a sword from its sheath |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | maksts fizioloģija vaginal physiology |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Lithuanian | |
| Lexeme | makštis | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | Dažniausiai kalavijų makštys būdavo pakabinamos ant diržų arba ant perpečių. Sword sheaths were usually hung on belts or on shoulders. |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | Makštis jungia gimdos kaklelį su lytiniu plyšiu The vagina connects the cervix to the genital cleft |
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 13 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Modern Greek | |
| Lexeme | κολεός | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Xorikov, Malev 1993 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 14 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Norwegian | |
| Lexeme | skjede | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | BO | |
| Comment | Bokmål | |
| NEW Realization 15 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Semantic evolution | |
| Language 1 | Old East Slavic | |
| Language 2 | Russian | |
| Lexeme | влагалище | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | Почалъ онъ, Годфридъ, вынимать на него шпагу из влагалища. (Док. моск. театра, 79). 1699 г. So he, Gottfried, started pulling his sword out of its sheath and at him. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | SRJa XI-XVII: 206 | |
| Comment | The Old East Slavic word влагалище could actually denote various types of containers, such as a bag, a purse, a box, a case etc. (the verb влагать, that the noun is derived from, meaning basically 'to put in'). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 16 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Polish | |
| Lexeme | pochwa | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | WSJP | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 17 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Scottish Gaelic | |
| Lexeme | duille | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Dwelly 1911 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 18 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Slovak | |
| Lexeme | pošva | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Slovníkový portál | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 19 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Swedish | |
| Lexeme | slida | |
| Meaning 1 | scabbard for knives | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | SAO | |
| Comment | Second meaning from 1635. | |
| NEW Realization 20 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | gılâf | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath; casing, cover | kılıcı gılâfına koydu inserted the sword into the sheath |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 336 | |
| Comment | ||
| NEW Realization 21 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Turkish | |
| Lexeme | kılıf | |
| Meaning 1 | cover, sheath, case, envelope, condom | Kılıcın kılıfına kın denir. A sheath for a sword is a scabbard. |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | kılıfı veteri iltihabı vaginitis |
| Reference | Baskakov 1977: 539 glosbe.com | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 22 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Ukrainian | |
| Lexeme 1 | пiхва | |
| Lexeme 2 | пiхва (often in pl. пiхви) | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | SUM-11 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 23 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Welsh | |
| Lexeme | gwain | |
| Meaning 1 | sheath | |
| Direction | — | |
| Meaning 2 | vagina | |
| Reference | Geiriuadur | |
| Comment | ||