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

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