stomak

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɔmak/, /ˈstɔmək/

Noun

stomak (plural stomakes)

2. The stomach or guts of a organism:
   1. (figurative) Hunger, starvation.
   2. (figurative) emotions, sex drive (these were supposed to originate from the stomach)
3. One's belly; the stomach as a region of the body.
4. An organ located near or around the stomach region.

Descendants

• English: stomach
• Scots: stamack

References

• “stomak (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-22.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

stȍmāk m (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