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)
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Boleslav (hard masculine animate)
Proper noun
Boleslav f (relational adjective boleslavský, demonym Boleslavan, female demonym Boleslavanka)
- 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
Declension of Boleslav (sg-only soft zero-ending feminine)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Boleslav |
| genitive | Boleslavě, Boleslavi |
| dative | Boleslavi |
| accusative | Boleslav |
| vocative | Boleslavi |
| locative | Boleslavi |
| instrumental | Boleslaví |
Further reading
- “Boleslav”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- “Boleslav”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Old Czech
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Derived from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь (“greater”) + *slava (“fame, renown”) + *-ъ (with the same meaning as Vácslav).
Proper noun
Boleslav m pers
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Boleslav (hard o-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Boleslav | Boleslavy | Boleslavi, Boleslavové |
| genitive | Boleslava | Boleslavú | Boleslavóv |
| dative | Boleslavu, Boleslavovi | Boleslavoma | Boleslavóm |
| accusative | Boleslava | Boleslavy | Boleslavy |
| vocative | Boleslave | Boleslavy | Boleslavi, Boleslavové |
| locative | Boleslavu, Boleslavovi | Boleslavú | Boleslaviech |
| instrumental | Boleslavem | Boleslavoma | Boleslavy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: Boleslav
Etymology 2
Short form of the adjective Boleslaví, which comes from Boleslav (given name) + -í.
Proper noun
Boleslav m inan
- Boleslav (a city in the Czech Republic)
Declension
Declension of Boleslav (sg-only soft o-stem)
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Boleslav |
| genitive | Boleslavě |
| dative | Boleslav́u |
| accusative | Boleslav |
| vocative | Boleslav́u |
| locative | Boleslavi, Boleslav́u |
| instrumental | Boleslavem |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
- Czech: Boleslav
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Boleslav”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Slovak
Proper noun
Boleslav m pers
- 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
- a male given name
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Boleslav | Boleslavovia |
| genitive | Boleslava | Boleslavov |
| dative | Boleslavovi | Boleslavom |
| accusative | Boleslava | Boleslavov |
| locative | Boleslavovi | Boleslavoch |
| instrumental | Boleslavom | Boleslavmi |
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