burag

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Ultimately from Vulgar Latin *umbulīcus. First attested in the 19th century.[1] See also Romanian burtă (“belly”), for which the same etymon is alleged.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bǔraːɡ/

Noun

bùrāg m inan (Cyrillic spelling бу̀ра̄г)

  1. rumen, paunch, the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

Declension

Declension of burag
singular plural
nominative bùrāg burázi
genitive burága burágā
dative burágu burázima
accusative bùrāg buráge
vocative burágu burázi
locative burágu burázima
instrumental burágom burázima

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “burag”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 97

Further reading

  • “burag”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
  • “burag”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 1, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1967, published 1990, page 307
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