kvasac

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kvasьcь. First attested in the 15th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʋǎːsat͡s/
  • Hyphenation: kva‧sac

Noun

kvásac m inan (Cyrillic spelling ква́сац)

  1. yeast
    Synonyms: (dialectal, Kosovo) maja, (dialectal) gérma

Declension

Declension of kvasac
singular plural
nominative kvásac kvásci
genitive kvásca kvȃsācā
dative kvascu kvascima
accusative kvasac kvasce
vocative kvašče kvasci
locative kvascu kvascima
instrumental kvascem kvascima

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko, Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk (2016), “kvasac”, in Matasović, Ranko, editor, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I: A – Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 531

Further reading

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