olomoucké syrečky
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]The noun syrečky is a plural form of syreček, which is a (diminutive) of sýr (“cheese”). The adjective olomoucké is a masculine plural nominative of olomoucký (“from Olomouc”) and refers to the fact that the cheese has been traditionally produced in the surroundings of the city of Olomouc and in the past used to be sold especially in Olomouc markets.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Olomouc cheese (a kind of ripened soft cheese, characteristic with its strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, nowadays made in the town of Loštice, the Czech Republic)
- Synonyms: (obsolete) homolky; olomoucké tvarůžky; syrečky; (informal) tvargle; tvarůžky
- 2014, Valenta Milan, Muřinoh a Krchomilka, Praha: Albatros, →ISBN, page 62:
- Tomuto rozhodnutí předcházela úvaha o založení rodiny, uzrálá v něm do voňava jako olomoucké syrečky, které si s oblibou dopřával k pozdní snídani.
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Usage notes
[edit]In Moravia the term olomoucké tvarůžky or shortly tvarůžky prevails, while in Bohemia they are usually called olomoucké syrečky or shortly syrečky.
The term is usually used only in the plural form olomoucké syrečky, although the singular form olomoucký syreček occasionally occurs.
Declension
[edit]Declension of olomoucké syrečky (pl-only velar masculine inanimate reducible)
plural | |
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nominative | olomoucké syrečky |
genitive | olomouckých syrečků |
dative | olomouckým syrečkům |
accusative | olomoucké syrečky |
vocative | olomoucké syrečky |
locative | olomouckých syrečcích, olomouckých syrečkách |
instrumental | olomouckými syrečky |
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- olomoucké syrečky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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