burag

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔraːɡ/

Noun

bùrāg m (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

• kàpura f (“reticulum, bonnet”)
• lȉstavac m (“omasum, psalterium”)
• sȉrīšte n (“abomasum, maw”)

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