Селезінка біля шлунка.

• селезінка = spleen
• біля = near, by
• шлунка = of the stomach / stomach in the form required after біля

So the whole sentence means The spleen is near the stomach.

Because біля requires the genitive case.

The dictionary form is:

• шлунок = stomach nominative singular

After біля, it changes to:

• шлунка = genitive singular

So:

• біля шлунка = near the stomach

This is very common in Ukrainian: many prepositions require a specific case.

In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is often omitted in simple sentences like this.

So instead of saying something like The spleen is near the stomach, Ukrainian naturally says:

• Селезінка біля шлунка.

This is completely normal and natural.
If you translated word-for-word, it would look like Spleen near stomach, but the meaning is still The spleen is near the stomach.

Селезінка is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing being talked about.

Basic pattern:

• селезінка = subject
• біля шлунка = location phrase

So the sentence structure is basically:

• [subject] + [place/location]

Біля is a preposition. It means near, by, or next to depending on context.

A key thing to remember:

• біля takes the genitive case

Examples:

• біля будинку = near the house
• біля вікна = by the window
• біля шлунка = near the stomach

So when you see біля, expect the next noun to change form.

Yes. Селезінка is a feminine noun.

You can tell because it ends in -а, which is a very common feminine ending in Ukrainian.

Its nominative singular form is:

• селезінка

That matters because adjectives and past-tense verbs would agree with it if they were present in a longer sentence.

Yes, Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English, but the neutral order here is:

• Селезінка біля шлунка.

You could also say:

• Біля шлунка селезінка.

But that sounds more marked or stylistically unusual, as if you are emphasizing the location. For a simple factual statement, Селезінка біля шлунка is the most natural choice.

Ukrainian has no articles, so there is no separate word for a, an, or the.

That means:

• селезінка can mean a spleen or the spleen
• шлунка can mean of a stomach or of the stomach

The exact meaning depends on context. In an anatomy sentence like this, English normally uses the:

• The spleen is near the stomach.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

• seh-leh-ZIN-ka BEE-lya shloon-KA

A few helpful notes:

• Stress in селезінка falls on -зін-
• біля sounds roughly like BEE-lya
• шлунка has stress on the last syllable: shloon-KA

If you want a more careful breakdown:

• се-ле-ЗІН-ка
• БІ-ля
• шлун-КА

Yes, depending on the nuance.

For example:

• поруч зі шлунком = next to the stomach
• коло шлунка = near the stomach
• біля шлунка = near/by the stomach

However, біля is simple, common, and perfectly natural here.

Notice that different prepositions may require different case forms:

• біля шлунка with genitive
• зі шлунком in поруч зі шлунком uses the instrumental

So it is best to learn each preposition together with the case it governs.

Yes. It is short, complete, and natural, especially in an anatomical or educational context.

It works because Ukrainian often allows:

• no article
• no present-tense is
• a simple noun + location phrase structure

So Селезінка біля шлунка. is a perfectly normal way to express that idea.