Chomoutov

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Chomoutov.

Proper noun

Chomoutov

1. a former village, nowadays a quarter of the city of Olomouc
   • 2004, “Morphometric characteristics and growth of Carassius auratus in the lower part of the River Dyje (Czech Republic)”, in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, volume 4, number 2, page 217:

     Such forms have been denoted as "humilis" morphs, as described for C. auratus, e.g. by Berg (1949). In 2002, a sample of 15 females was collected from the Chomoutov wetland system (the Morava basin).

Translations

part of Olomouc

• Czech: Chomoutov m
• German: Chomoutov, Chomotau (obsolete)

part of Olomouc (used attributively)

• Czech: chomoutovský
• German: Chomotauer (obsolete)

Czech

Etymology

A 1078 document, accompanying the foundation of the Hradisko Monastery, refers to the village as Chomutowiczi. It was derived from personal name Chomút +‎ -ovice, meaning "a village of Chomút's people". The name Chomút is from chomút (“horsecollar”), which was also used as a nickname for a clumsy person. The suffix -ovice was shortened to -ov in the 14th century (similarly as in some other Moravian oikonyms, compare e. g. Holešov or Prostějov).

Compare also Chomutov.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxomou̯tof]
• Rhymes: -ou̯tof
• Hyphenation: Cho‧mou‧tov

Proper noun

Chomoutov m inan (related adjective chomutovský)

1. Chomoutov (a former village, nowadays a quarter of the city of Olomouc)
   • 2013, Milan Tichák, Vzpomínky na starou Olomouc a její předměstí, Olomouc: Burian a Tichák, →ISBN, page 221:

     Pánem Chomoutova byl po šest staletí až do svého zrušení v roce 1784 klášter Hradisko.

     The Hradisko Monastery was the owner of Chomoutov for six centuries until its abolition in 1784.

Declension

Declension of Chomoutov (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Chomoutov
genitive	Chomoutova
dative	Chomoutovu
accusative	Chomoutov
vocative	Chomoutove
locative	Chomoutově
instrumental	Chomoutovem

Alternative forms

• Chomutow (obsolete)

Further reading

• Chomoutov in Internetová jazyková příručka