Čapek
Czech
Etymology
Diminutive of čáp (“stork”), from Proto-Slavic *čapľa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃapɛk]
- Hyphenation: Ča‧pek
Proper noun
Čapek m anim (female equivalent Čapková)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Čapek (velar masculine animate reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Čapek | Čapkové |
| genitive | Čapka | Čapků |
| dative | Čapkovi | Čapkům |
| accusative | Čapka | Čapky |
| vocative | Čapku | Čapkové |
| locative | Čapkovi | Čapcích |
| instrumental | Čapkem | Čapky |
Further reading
- “Čapek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
- Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 399
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃapek]
Proper noun
Čapek m pers (female equivalent Čapková or Čapeková)
- a male surname
Declension
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Čapek | Čapekovia | Čapekovci |
| genitive | Čapeka | Čapekov | Čapekovcov |
| dative | Čapekovi | Čapekom | Čapekovcom |
| accusative | Čapeka | Čapekov | Čapekovcov |
| locative | Čapekovi | Čapekoch | Čapekovcoch |
| instrumental | Čapekom | Čapekmi | Čapekovcami |
Further reading
- “Čapek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025