tvarůžky
Czech
editEtymology
editPlural form of tvarůžek, which is a (diminutive) of tvaroh (“quark”), an intermediate product of their manufacture.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittvarůžky m inan pl
- (usually plural only) Olomouc cheese, a kind of ripened soft cheese with a strong scent, distinctive pungent taste and yellowish colour, nowadays made in the town of Loštice in the Czech Republic
- Synonyms: (obsolete) homolky; olomoucké syrečky; olomoucké tvarůžky; syrečky; (informal) tvargle
- 2013, Stanislava Jarolímková, Co ještě nevíte o životě našich předků, Praha: Motto, →ISBN, page 98:
- Tvarůžky se vyráběly podomácku po celé Hané již v první polovině 16. století a formani je vozili do Olomouce, odkud byly vypravovány nejen po celém království, ale i do Rakouska a Terstu, kde začínala jejich pouť do zámoří.
- Olomouc cheese used to be homemade all around the Haná region already in the first half of the 16 century and carters transported it to Olomouc, from which it was dispatched not only all around the kingdom, but also to Austria and Terst where its oversea pilgrimage started.
Usage notes
editIn Moravia the term tvarůžky prevails, while in Bohemia they are usually called syrečky.
When referring to the kind of cheese generally (Olomouc cheese), the term is usually used only in the plural form tvarůžky. The singular form tvarůžek is usually used in the sense of "a piece of Olomouc cheese".
Declension
editDeclension of tvarůžky (pl-only velar masculine inanimate reducible)
plural | |
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nominative | tvarůžky |
genitive | tvarůžků |
dative | tvarůžkům |
accusative | tvarůžky |
vocative | tvarůžky |
locative | tvarůžcích, tvarůžkách |
instrumental | tvarůžky |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- tvarůžky on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Noun
edittvarůžky
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