From the same stem as maks (“purse, pouch”) (q.v.): Proto-Indo-European *mak- (“(skin) bag, sack”), with an extra suffix -t. Cognates include Lithuanian makšti̇̀s.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [maksts]

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maksts f (6th declension)

1. (anatomy) vagina, vulva (a woman's external sexual organs)

   maksts gļotāda ― vaginal mucosa

   maksts fizioloģija ― vaginal physiology

2. sheath, scabbard, holster

   izvilkt zobenu no maksts ― to draw a sword from its sheath

   iebāzt zobenu makstī ― to put a sword in its sheath

   revolvera maksts ― revolver holster

• (of "vagina"): vagīna (standard), peža (vulgar)

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