listavac
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From lȉstav (“related to leaves or flakes”, adjective) + -ac. With the same thought also German Blättermagen from Blätter (“leaves”) + Magen (“maw”), French feuillet or other languages where the omasum is called “book”, “bible”, “psalterium”, see the translations for omasum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lîstaʋat͡s/
Noun
lȉstavac m (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ставац)
- omasum, psalterium, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
Declension
Declension of listavac
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lȉstavac | lȉstāvci |
| genitive | lȉstāvca | lȉstavācā |
| dative | lȉstāvcu | lȉstāvcima |
| accusative | lȉstavac | lȉstāvce |
| vocative | lȉstāvcu | lȉstāvci |
| locative | lȉstāvcu | lȉstāvcima |
| instrumental | lȉstāvcem | lȉstāvcima |
Coordinate terms
- bùrāg m (“rumen, paunch”)
- kàpura f (“reticulum, bonnet”)
- sȉrīšte n (“abomasum, maw”)
References
- “listavac”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 3, Друго фототипско издање edition, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1969, published 1990, page 214