pochva

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pochva, from Proto-Slavic *poxva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoxva]
• Hyphenation: poch‧va

Noun

pochva f

1. scabbard
2. vagina

   Synonym: vagína

Declension

Declension of pochva (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	pochva	pochvy
genitive	pochvy	pochev
dative	pochvě	pochvám
accusative	pochvu	pochvy
vocative	pochvo	pochvy
locative	pochvě	pochvách
instrumental	pochvou	pochvami

Derived terms

• poševní

See also

• pouzdro

Further reading

• “pochva”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “pochva”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pochva”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• pošva

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poxva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpoxʋa/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpoxva/

Noun

pochva f

1. scabbard

Declension

Declension of pochva (hard a-stem reducible)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pochva	pochvě	pochvy
genitive	pochvy	pochvú	pochev
dative	pochvě	pochvama	pochvám
accusative	pochvu	pochvě	pochvy
vocative	pochvo	pochvě	pochvy
locative	pochvě	pochvú	pochvách
instrumental	pochvú	pochvama	pochvami

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: pochva

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pochva”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění