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 inan (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ставац)

  1. 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

References

  • listavac”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 3, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1969, published 1990, page 214