Bulgarian

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Etymology 1

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вла́гам (vlágam, to insert, to deposit) +‎ -алище (-alište)

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Noun

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влага́лище (vlagálišten (relational adjective влага́лищен)

  1. (archaic) storeroom, depot
    Synonyms: склад (sklad), храни́лище (hranílište), депо́ (depó)
  2. (archaic) sheath, receptacle
    Synonyms: обви́вка (obvívka), калъ́п (kalǎ́p)
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References

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  • влагалище¹”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014

Etymology 2

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Calque of Latin vāgīna, originally meaning scabbard, sheath. Etymologically identical with Etymology 1.

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влага́лище (vlagálišten (relational adjective влага́лищен)

  1. (anatomy) vagina
    Synonym: ваги́на (vagína)
  2. (anatomy) sheath tissue (connective tissue that envelopes an organ or an organic system)
    сухожи́лно влага́лищеsuhožílno vlagálištetendon sheath
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References

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  • влагалище²”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • влагалище”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic вълагалище (vŭlagalište, sack, bag). The modern meaning is a semantic loan from Latin vāgīna. Equivalent to влага́ть (vlagátʹ, to put in) +‎ -лище (-lišče).

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  • IPA(key): [vɫɐˈɡalʲɪɕːe]
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Noun

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влага́лище (vlagáliščen inan (genitive влага́лища, nominative plural влага́лища, genitive plural влага́лищ)

  1. (anatomy, botany) vagina
    Synonyms: ваги́на (vagína), ву́льва (vúlʹva), же́нский полово́й орган (žénskij polovój organ)

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