distaff

Etymology
From, from , from (cognate with 🇨🇬) +  (from , from ). Senses 3 and 5 (“anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only”; “a woman, or women considered as a group”) refer to the fact that spinning was traditionally done by women.

Noun

 * 1) A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
 * 2) The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
 * 3) Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.
 * 4) A race for female horses only.
 * 5)  A woman, or women considered as a group.
 * 1) A race for female horses only.
 * 2)  A woman, or women considered as a group.

Translations

 * Arabic: عَرْنَاس, رُكَّة
 * Aramaic:
 * Jewish: arc, ארנס
 * Syriac: ܥܱܪܢܳܣܴܐ
 * Bashkir: ҡолға
 * Belarusian: прасніца
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, , spinstok
 * Faroese: rokkur
 * Finnish: kehräpuu
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, Spinnrocken , , Wocken
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: ἠλακάτη
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Kabyle: taruka
 * Latin: colus
 * Old Norse: rokkr
 * Persian:
 * Polish: przęślica
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਤੱਕਲ਼ੀ
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: rocca
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: maide-snìomh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре̏слица
 * Latin:
 * Sicilian: cunòcchia
 * Slovene: preslica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: rockträ,, linstav, tottaträ
 * Ukrainian: пря́сельце, пря́слице, пря́сло, пря́сниця
 * Volapük: spulömastaf
 * Walloon: kinoye
 * Welsh: cogail


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 卷线杆
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , spinstok
 * Finnish: kuontalonpidin, rukinlapa,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, Spinnrocken , , Wocken
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἠλακάτη
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 糸巻き棒
 * Navajo: bee adizí
 * Persian:
 * Polish: przęślica
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: maide-snìomh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре̏слица
 * Latin:
 * Sicilian: spagnuletta, ruccheḍḍu
 * Slovene: preslica
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, spinnrockshuvud
 * Ukrainian: пря́сельце, пря́слице, пря́сло, пря́сниця
 * Volapük: spulömastaf


 * Bulgarian: женска работа
 * Hebrew:
 * Japanese: 女性の仕事
 * Polish: kobieca robota, kobieca praca
 * Serbo-Croatian: ženska posla
 * Swedish:


 * Hebrew:

Adjective

 * Of, relating to, or characteristic of women.


 * 1) Of the maternal side of a family.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: женски
 * Icelandic: kven-
 * Italian:, donnesco
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: