Bohuslav

English

Alternative forms

  • (from Russian) Boguslav

Etymology

From Ukrainian Богусла́в (Bohusláv), equivalent to бо́гу (bóhu, to God) +‎ -слав (-slav, glory), literally glory to God.

Proper noun

Bohuslav

  1. A city in Kyiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine.
  2. a transliteration of the Ukrainian male given name Богусла́в (Bohusláv), equivalent to Bohuslav.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

Literally, who celebrates God, from Bůh (God) + slavit (celebrate); equivalent to Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος (Timótheos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈboɦuslaf]

Proper noun

Bohuslav m anim

  1. a male given name, similar to Timothy

Declension

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔɦuslau̯/

Proper noun

Bohuslav m pers

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bohuslav
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeBohuslavBohuslavovia
genitiveBohuslavaBohuslavov
dativeBohuslavoviBohuslavom
accusativeBohuslavaBohuslavov
locativeBohuslavoviBohuslavoch
instrumentalBohuslavomBohuslavmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Bohuslav”, 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