sheath

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , from (possibly from the notion of a split stick with a sword inserted).

The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A holster for a sword; a scabbard.
 * 2)  Anything that has a similar shape to a scabbard that is used to hold an object that is longer than it is wide.
 * 3)  The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a branch or stem, as in grasses.
 * 4)  The insulating outer cover of an electrical cable.
 * 5)  One of the elytra of an insect.
 * 6)  A tight-fitting dress.
 * 7)  The foreskin of certain animals (for example, dogs and horses).
 * 8)  A condom.
 * 1)  A condom.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κέλυφος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: tuppi, hoodra
 * Italian:
 * Latin: vāgīna
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: футро́ла
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: שייד


 * French:
 * German:, , Ummantelung,
 * Hungarian: Bergmann cső,, , , védőcső
 * Spanish: cubierta exterior, envoltura exterior, funda exterior, vaina externa
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * Finnish: kotelomekko
 * French:, robe fourreau
 * German:
 * Swedish:, fodralklänning


 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:

Etymology 2
A variant of.