Holomúc

Czech

Etymology

From Olomouc (Olomúc). The first evidence of prothetic h in the name of the city can be found in the Latin expression holomucensis, a Latin version of the Czech adjective olomoucký, holomoucký (“of Olomouc”), on a seal from 1208.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦolomuːt͡s]
• Hyphenation: Ho‧lo‧múc

Proper noun

Holomúc

1. Obsolete form of Olomouc. (City in Moravia, nowadays in the Czech Republic.)
   • 1846, Karel Tůma, “Světem na zkušenou”, in Karel Havlíček Borovský‎^[1], volume I, Kutná Hora: Karel Šolc:

     […] viděli jsme pořád Holomúc přes rovinu.

     […] we could still see Olomouc across the plain.

   • 1840, František Sušil, editor, Morawské národnj pjsně‎^[2], volume 2, Brno: František Šastl, page 60:

     Holomúc, Holomúc, to ge pěkné město
     Po něm se předádj potěšenj wšecko.
     
     Potěšenj wšecko, a i mé myšlenj,
     Už mě nedostaneš, už ti možná nenj.
     
     Dyby's gen chtěla wzjt, mohla by's to zprawit,
     Mohla by's mé srdce wšj žalosti zbawit.

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Usage notes

The gender of the name Holomúc was not stabilized in the past and both feminine or masculine inanimate usage can be found. Originally the name of the city was masculine, but later it started to be used also as feminine and this usage prevailed especially in western part of the Czech lands (Bohemia). The form of the word itself is influenced by the gender only in instrumental case, but it influences the rest of the sentence more: compare masculine Holomúc byl and feminine Holomúc byla ("Olomouc was").

Declension

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Synonyms

• Olomouc
• Holomouc (obsolete)
• Olomúc (obsolete)

Derived terms

• holomúcký, Holomúcký

Further reading

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