slida

See also: slída and slidā

Latvian

Adjective

slida

  1. (dialectal) genitive singular masculine of slids
  2. (dialectal) nominative singular feminine of slids

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish slidh, from Old Norse slíðr (“sword”), related to the verb slíta (“to tear apart, slice”), from Proto-Germanic *slītaną. [1] Cognate to English slit.

Noun

slida c

  1. a sheath, a scabbard (for knives or swords)
  2. (anatomy, figuratively, by extension) a vagina
    Synonym: vagina

Declension
Declension of slida 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative slida slidan slidor slidorna
Genitive slidas slidans slidors slidornas

Synonyms
  • (scabbard): balja c (for e.g. sabres), skida (for swords in general)

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) “923-927”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 923-927

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