stomak

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stomac, stomach, stomack, stomake, stommak, stomok, stomoke

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstumak/

Noun

stomak (plural stomakes)

2. The stomach or guts:
   1. (figurative) Hunger, starvation.
   2. (figurative) One's emotional or sexual drive (supposedly coming from the stomach)
3. An organ near the stomach.

Derived terms

• stomakere

Descendants

• English: stomach
• Scots: stamack

References

• “stomak, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 June 2018.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stômaːk/

Noun

stȍmāk m inan (Cyrillic spelling сто̏ма̄к)

1. stomach
2. belly

Usage notes

The preferred literary word in Croatian is žèludac.

Declension

Declension of stomak

	singular	plural
nominative	stomak	stomaci
genitive	stomaka	stomaka
dative	stomaku	stomacima
accusative	stomak	stomake
vocative	stomače	stomaci
locative	stomaku	stomacima
instrumental	stomakom	stomacima

See also

• trbuh
• želudac

Further reading

• “stomak”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026