Václav
Czech
Etymology
Contraction of Old Czech Vácslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ. By surface analysis, více + -slav (with the same meaning as Boleslav).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvaːt͡slaf]
Proper noun
Václav m anim
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Václav (hard masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Václav | Václavové |
| genitive | Václava | Václavů |
| dative | Václavovi, Václavu | Václavům |
| accusative | Václava | Václavy |
| vocative | Václave | Václavové |
| locative | Václavovi, Václavu | Václavech |
| instrumental | Václavem | Václavy |
Related terms
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vacek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- “Václav”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋaːt͡s.ɫaw/
Proper noun
Václav m pers (genitive singular Václava, nominative plural Václavovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Václav | Václavovia |
| genitive | Václava | Václavov |
| dative | Václavovi | Václavom |
| accusative | Václava | Václavov |
| locative | Václavovi | Václavoch |
| instrumental | Václavom | Václavmi |
Derived terms
- Václavov
Further reading
- “Václav”, 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