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The Gender and number of the Croatian noun “jetra” (liver)

Željana Klječanin Franić orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-4645 ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marin Torti ; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

In the Croatian language the noun “jetra” (liver) has two grammatical genders and numbers. It is most often used as a feminine noun which has a singular and a plural form, but it is also found as a neuter noun, which only has a plural form. In this article, we reviewed the contemporary normative handbooks, and researched which grammatical gender of the noun “jetra” is recommended. We also verified which gender is applied to “jetra” in biomedical dictionaries. We researched the use of the feminine and neuter genders in biomedical publications and human and veterinary textbook literature, with a recommendation of which grammatical gender should be preferred.

Keywords

“jetra” (liver); biomedical nomenclature; grammatical gender; grammatical number

Hrčak ID:

259259

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/259259

Publication date:

14.3.2021.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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