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olomoucké tvarůžky

/[olomou̯t͡skɛː tvaruːʃkɪ]/
Czechnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    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)
    • Pověst praví, že když se císař Leopold II. v roce 1768 ženil s Marií Louisou španělskou, dovezli mu na svatbu Hanáci darem olomoucké tvarůžky.

      The legend goes that when emperor Leopold II married Maria Luisa of Spain, people from Haná brought him Olomouc cheese as a wedding gift.

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Etymology

The noun tvarůžky is a plural form of tvarůžek, which is a (diminutive) of tvaroh (“quark”), which is an intermediate product of their manufacture. The adjective olomoucké is a feminine 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.

Nominative
Singular
Plural
olomoucké tvarůžky
Genitive
Singular
Plural
olomouckých tvarůžků
Dative
Singular
Plural
olomouckým tvarůžkům
Accusative
Singular
Plural
olomoucké tvarůžky
Vocative
Singular
Plural
olomoucké tvarůžky
Locative
Singular
Plural
olomouckých tvarůžcích, olomouckých tvarůžkách
Instrumental
Singular
Plural
olomouckými tvarůžky

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