čirůvka

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Czech

čirůvka fialová
(Lepista nuda)
čirůvka havelka
(Tricholoma portentosum)
čirůvka májovka
(Calocybe gambosa)

Etymology

Botanist Jan Svatopluk Presl used the name čirůwka in 1846 for the genus Russula (which is called holubinka in Czech nowadays), but the word is older with unclear origins. It is related to the Polish dialect expression cyr (“mushroom”), Polish czyr (“tinder”) and Ukrainian чір (čir, “tinder”).

Pronunciation

Noun

čirůvka f

  1. Lepista (genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae)
  2. Porpoloma (genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae)
  3. Tricholoma (genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae)
  4. Calocybe (genus of fungi in the family Lyophyllaceae)
  5. Rugosomyces (genus of fungi in the family Lyophyllaceae)

Declension

Declension of čirůvka (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative čirůvka čirůvky
genitive čirůvky čirůvek
dative čirůvce čirůvkám
accusative čirůvku čirůvky
vocative čirůvko čirůvky
locative čirůvce čirůvkách
instrumental čirůvkou čirůvkami

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References

  1. ^ "čirůwka" in Jan Swatopluk Presl, Wšeobecný rostlinopis, Kronbergr a Řiwnáč, 1846, page 1894.
  2. ^ "čirůvka" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, Academia, 1968, page 103.

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