kukmák

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Czech

kukmák bělovlnný (Volvariella bombycina)
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Etymology

Introduced into Czech by the botanist Jan Svatopluk Presl in 1846.[1] Borrowed from Slovene kukmak (Agaricus), which comes from a German dialect expression Kuckenmucken (Agaricus).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

kukmák m inan

  1. Volvariella and Volvopluteus (genera of fungi in the family Pluteaceae)
    • 1966, Miroslav Znamenáček, Naučný slovník zemědělský, volume 2, Praha: Státní zemědělské nakladatelství, page 614:
      Štítovka (Pluteus) a kukmák (Volvaria) jsou jedlé.
      Pluteus and Volvaria are edible.
    • 2013, Mikšík Michal, Poznáváme jarní houby, Praha: Grada Publishing, page 45:
      Od dubna roste na polích velmi hojně […] kukmák okázalý (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus), který snadno poznáme podle výrazné pochvy.
      Rose-gilled grisette (Volvopluteus gloiocephalus), which can be easily recognized by its prominent volva, grows abundantly on the fields after April.

Usage notes

Although the word kukmák should be declined as masculine inanimate, in practical usage the animate declension also sometimes appears.[3]

Declension

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References

  1. ^ "kukmák" in Jan Swatopluk Presl, Wšeobecný rostlinopis, Kronbergr a Řiwnáč, 1846, page 1893.
  2. ^ "kukmák" in Václav Machek, Etymologický slovník jazyka českého, Academia, 1968, page 306.
  3. ^ Z našich časopisů, Naše řeč, volume 30 (1946), issue 2–3

Further reading

  • kukmák”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • kukmák”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • kukmák at Myko atlas, Česká mykologická společnost.