smegma
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Etymology edit
From Latin, borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).
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Noun edit
smegma (countable and uncountable, plural smegmas)
- A whitish sebaceous secretion that collects between the glans penis and foreskin or in the vulva.
- 1979, J.G. Ballard, The Unlimited Dream Company, chapter 30:
- I saw Mrs St Cloud wander happily through the flower-filled streets, her belly smeared with smegma, breasts bruised by the hands of boys.
Synonyms edit
- cheese (slang), cock cheese (vulgar slang), dick cheese (vulgar slang), knob cheese (vulgar slang)
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References edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “smegma”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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smegma n
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Danish edit
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smegma n (singular definite smegmaet, not used in plural form)
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neuter gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | smegma | smegmaet |
genitive | smegmas | smegmaets |
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin smēgma, from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma).
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smegma n (uncountable)
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Internationalism (see English smegma), ultimately from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma).
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smegma
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Inflection of smegma (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | smegma | smegmat | ||
genitive | smegman | smegmojen | ||
partitive | smegmaa | smegmoja | ||
illative | smegmaan | smegmoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | smegma | smegmat | ||
accusative | nom. | smegma | smegmat | |
gen. | smegman | |||
genitive | smegman | smegmojen smegmainrare | ||
partitive | smegmaa | smegmoja | ||
inessive | smegmassa | smegmoissa | ||
elative | smegmasta | smegmoista | ||
illative | smegmaan | smegmoihin | ||
adessive | smegmalla | smegmoilla | ||
ablative | smegmalta | smegmoilta | ||
allative | smegmalle | smegmoille | ||
essive | smegmana | smegmoina | ||
translative | smegmaksi | smegmoiksi | ||
abessive | smegmatta | smegmoitta | ||
instructive | — | smegmoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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smegma m (plural smegmas)
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References edit
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative spelling of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsmeːɡ.ma/, [ˈs̠meːɡmä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsmeɡ.ma/, [ˈzmɛɡmä]
Noun edit
smēgma n (genitive smēgmatis); third declension
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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | smēgma | smēgmata |
Genitive | smēgmatis | smēgmatum |
Dative | smēgmatī | smēgmatibus |
Accusative | smēgma | smēgmata |
Ablative | smēgmate | smēgmatibus |
Vocative | smēgma | smēgmata |
References edit
- “smegma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- smegma in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Lithuanian edit
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smegma f
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek σμῆγμα (smêgma), alternative form of σμῆμα (smêma, “soap, detergent”), from σμάω (smáō, “I wipe, clean”).
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smegma c
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Declension of smegma | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | smegma | smegman | — | — |
Genitive | smegmas | smegmans | — | — |