Boleslav

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Boleslav, from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь + -slav (with the same meaning as Václav).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbolɛslaf]

Proper noun

Boleslav m anim (female equivalent Boleslava)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Proper noun

Boleslav f (relational adjective boleslavský, demonym Boleslavan, female demonym Boleslavanka)

  1. Boleslav (a city in the Czech Republic)
    Svatý Václav byl zavražděn dne 28. 9. 935 ve Staré Boleslavi.
    Saint Wenceslaus was murdered on 28th September 935 in Stará Boleslav.

Declension

Further reading

Old Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbolɛsɫaʋ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbolɛslaf/

Etymology 1

Derived from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь (greater) + *slava (fame, renown) +‎ *-ъ (with the same meaning as Vácslav).

Proper noun

Boleslav m pers

  1. a male given name
Declension
Descendants
  • Czech: Boleslav

Etymology 2

Short form of the adjective Boleslaví, which comes from Boleslav (given name) +‎ .

Proper noun

Boleslav m inan

  1. Boleslav (a city in the Czech Republic)
Declension
Descendants

Further reading

Old Slovak

Proper noun

Boleslav m pers

  1. a male given name

Further reading

  • Krajčovič, Rudolf (2005) Živé kroniky slovenských dejín skryté v názvoch obcí a miest [Living chronicles of Slovak history hidden in the names of villages and towns], Bratislava: Slovenské literárne centrum, →ISBN, page 93

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔlɛslau̯/

Proper noun

Boleslav m pers

  1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Boleslav
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeBoleslavBoleslavovia
genitiveBoleslavaBoleslavov
dativeBoleslavoviBoleslavom
accusativeBoleslavaBoleslavov
locativeBoleslavoviBoleslavoch
instrumentalBoleslavomBoleslavmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Boleslav”, 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