Polévek

Polévek is the genitive plural form of the Czech noun polévka, which means soup. It is a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical item and appears in contexts describing multiple soups.

Declension and forms

Polévka is feminine and part of the soft-declension pattern. Its plural nominative is polévky, while the genitive plural is polévek. Other common forms in the plural include: dative polévkám, accusative polévky, locative polévkách, and instrumental polévkami. In short, polévek marks “of the soups” or “five soups” when used after numerals five and higher.

Usage

Polévek is typically encountered in written or formal speech, especially in grammar references, dictionaries, or descriptive text about language. It is used after numerals of five or more to indicate quantity, for example: pět polévek (five soups). It can also appear in phrases like “počet polévek” (the number of soups) or in discussions of inflection patterns.

Etymology and context

Polévek is honorarily tied to the base noun polévka. As with other Czech nouns, its genitive plural form polévek is part of the standard noun declension system and does not imply a specific type of soup.

See also

Polévka, Czech declension patterns, Czech grammar.