škemba

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• škèmbe

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish شكمبه (şkembe), from Persian شکمبه (šekambe).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃkěmba/

Noun

škèmba n (Cyrillic spelling шкѐмба)

1. tripe, rumen (bùrag) used for a dish, and the dish itself, often a soup, then also called škembíći

Declension

Declension of škemba

	singular
nominative	škemba
genitive	škembe
dative	škembi
accusative	škembu
vocative	škembo
locative	škembi
instrumental	škembom

References

• “škemba”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
• “škemba”, in Речник српскохрватскога књижевног језика (in Serbo-Croatian), Друго фототипско издање edition, volume 6, Нови Сад, Загреб: Матица српска, Матица хрватска, 1976, published 1990, page 969