čirůvka

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Czech

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

Etymology

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Botanist Jan Svatopluk Presl used the name čirůwka in 1846 for the genus Russula[1] (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).[2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɪruːfka]
  • Rhymes: -uːfka
  • Hyphenation: či‧rův‧ka

Noun

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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

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Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  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.

Further reading

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