Vavrinec

See also: Vavrínec and Vavřinec

Slovak

Etymology

From vavrín (laurel) +‎ -ec, a calque from Latin Laurentius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvavriɲet͡s]

Proper noun

Vavrinec m pers (female equivalent Vavrincová)

  1. a male given name
  2. a surname

Declension

Declension of Vavrinec
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeVavrinecVavrincovia
genitiveVavrincaVavrincov
dativeVavrincoviVavrincom
accusativeVavrincaVavrincov
locativeVavrincoviVavrincoch
instrumentalVavrincomVavrincami

Further reading

  • Vavrinec”, 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
  • Majtán, Milan (2018) Naše priezviská [Our surnames], Bratislava: VEDA, →ISBN, page 55