влагалище

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

• IPA^(key): [vɫɐˈɡaliʃtɛ]

влага́лище • (vlagálište) n (relational adjective влага́лищен)

1. (archaic) storeroom, depot

   Synonyms: склад (sklad), храни́лище (hranílište), депо́ (depó)

2. (archaic) sheath, receptacle

   Synonyms: обви́вка (obvívka), калъ́п (kalǎ́p)

• влог (vlog), вложе́ние (vložénie, “deposit”)
• вла́гане (vlágane, “depositing”)
• ло́жа (lóža, “lodge”)
• лего́вище (legóvište, “lair”)

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

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

• IPA^(key): [vɫɐˈɡaliʃtɛ]

влага́лище • (vlagálište) n (relational adjective влага́лищен)

1. (anatomy) vagina

   Synonym: ваги́на (vagína)

2. (anatomy) sheath tissue (connective tissue that envelopes an organ or an organic system)

   сухожи́лно влага́лище ― suhožílno vlagálište ― tendon sheath

• “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

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).

• IPA^(key): [vɫɐˈɡalʲɪɕːe]

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влага́лище • (vlagálišče) n inan (genitive влага́лища, nominative plural влага́лища, genitive plural влага́лищ)

1. (anatomy, botany) vagina

   Synonyms: ваги́на (vagína), ву́льва (vúlʹva), же́нский полово́й орган (žénskij polovój organ)

• влага́лищный (vlagáliščnyj)