половІе ћрганы genitals, sexual organs, reproductive organs

ПоловІе ћрганы человљка достигђют пћлного развќтия к концџ подросткћвого перќода. Јтот вћзраст обІчно назывђют половћй зрљлостью. A person's sexual organs come to full maturity towards the end of adolescence. This stage is often referred to as puberty.
NB The style of the phrase половІе ћрганы "genitals" is technical (i.e. medical or anatomical). There are no stylistically neutral terms for the particular organs that comprise the genitals.

Semantics

This entry is concerned with the sexual organs only of humans. Under Lexical Relationships see Parts of the male genitals and Parts of the female genitals. Note that the singular form половћй ћрган is used to refer to the penis only.

Morphology

половћй E no short forms; adjective

ћрган SS m.in.noun

Syntax

Syntactic actants

Actant 1: whose genitals they are
(a) Genitive
(b) Possessive When the phrase половІе ћрганы functions as a subject and does not have a descriptive modifier, the construction половІе ћрганы у + Genitive is often preferred to (a) and (b), above:
При такќх симптћмах врђч дћлжен осмотрљть половІе ћрганы больнћго. When such symptoms occur, a doctor should examine the patient's genitals.
— Ї дћлжен осмотрљть вђши половІе ћрганы, — сказђл врђч. "I must examine your genitals," said the doctor.
ПоловІе ћрганы у вђшего ребёнка в пћлном порїдке. Your child's genitals are perfectly normal.

Lexical Relationships

Synonyms

ћрганы размножљния Technical reproductive organs

Male and female genitals

мужскќе половІе ћрганы male genitals
жљнские половІе ћрганы female genitals

Parts of the male genitals

There are no neutral terms in the Russian language to describe the male sexual organs, only technical terms and vulgarisms.
члљн Technical; пљнис Technical penis
яќчко Technical testicle
хљр Taboo; хџй Taboo; пђлка Taboo prick, dick, rod
їйца Taboo; мудќ Taboo balls, nuts

Parts of the female genitals

There are no neutral terms in the Russian language to describe the female sexual organs, only technical terms and vulgarisms. The word shown below is extremely vulgar and is not used in neutral style.
влагђлище Technical vagina
яќчники Technical ovaries
мђтка Technical uterus
клќтор Technical clitoris
половІе гџбы Technical; срамнІе гџбы Technical labia
пиздђ Taboo cunt

Medical conditions

заболевђния половІх ћргановg diseases of the reproductive organs
венерќческие заболевђния; венерќческие болљзни venereal diseases
гонорљя gonorrhea
сќфилис syphilis
импотљнция impotence
бесплћдие infertility

Sexual intercourse

There are no neutral terms in the Russian language referring to sexual intercourse, only technical and vulgar terms. Sometimes euphemisms are used in literature and, less commonly, in spoken Russian.
половћй ђкт Technical sexual intercourse
половђя жќзнь Technical;
половІе сношљния Technical;
половће общљние Technical 		sexual relations; sex life
половћй партнёр Technical sexual partner
совершђть/совершќть половћй ђктa Technical to have sexual intercourse
находќться [no Pf.] в половћй свїзиp Technical;
состоїть [no Pf.] в половћй свїзиp Technical 		to have sexual relations
спђть/переспђть [Pf-once] с Ni Euphemistic, most commonly used;
жќть [no Pf.] с Ni Euphemistic 		to sleep with N, to make love to N
— Кђк тІ дџмаешь, онђ спќт (or живёт) с нќм?
— Нџ, мћжет переспалђ рЃз-дрџгой. 		"So what do you think? Is she sleeping with him?"
"Well, maybe she has once or twice."
совокуплїться Formal, Disparaging;
сношђться [no Pf.] Vulgar; 		to copulate, to fornicate
предавђться [no Pf.] любвќd Euphemistic, Ironical;
занимђться [no Pf.] любћвьюi Euphemistic 		to make love
NB The synonyms below are extremely vulgar, and are not used in neutral style.
ебђться/поебђться [Pf-awhile] с Ni Taboo;
барђться/побарђться [Pf-awhile] с Ni Vulgar;
трђхаться/трђхнуться [Pf-once] Highly colloquial 		to fuck N, to screw N
ебђть/вІебђть Na Taboo;
барђть [no Pf.] Na Vulgar;
трђхать/трђхнуть [Pf-once] Na Highly colloquial 		to fuck N, to screw N (normally used with the male partner as the subject of the clause)

Other expressions

эрљкция Technical erection
спљрма Technical sperm
менструђция; мљсячные Substandard menstruation, period
поллєция Technical nocturnal emission
онанќровать [no Pf.] Technical to masturbate
дрочќть [no Pf.] Taboo to masturbate, to jerk off
маструбђция Technical; онанќзм Technical; рукоблџдие Obsolete; суходрћчка Taboo masturbation
противозачђточные срљдства contraceptives
презерватќв; гондћн Vulgar condom
диафрђгма diaphragm
противозачђточные таблљтки birth control pills
спирђль; пружќнка Colloquial I.U.D., the coil

Sample texts

Обвинїемый находќлся в половћй свїзи с пострадђвшей в течљние двџх лљт. The accused was having sexual relations with the victim for two years.