Wałęsa

See also: Walesa, wałęsa, wałęsą, and Wałęsą

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Wałęsa, from Old Polish wałęsa (“vagabond”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˈwɛnsə/, /vəˈlɛnsə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnsə
  • Hyphenation: Wa‧łę‧sa

Proper noun

Wałęsa

  1. A surname from Polish.
    1. Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), a Polish politician

Polish

Alternative forms

  • Wałensa (surname)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wałęsa (“vagabond”), from wałęsać się (“to roam”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaˈwɛw̃.sa/, /vaˈwɛn.sa/
  • Rhymes: -ɛw̃sa
  • Syllabification: Wa‧łę‧sa
  • Homophone: wałęsa

Proper noun

Wałęsa m pers or f

  1. a male surname
    1. Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), a Polish politician
  2. a female surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Wałęsa
singular plural
nominative Wałęsa Wałęsowie
genitive Wałęsy Wałęsów
dative Wałęsie Wałęsom
accusative Wałęsę Wałęsów
instrumental Wałęsą Wałęsami
locative Wałęsie Wałęsach
vocative Wałęso Wałęsowie

Feminine surname:

Declension of Wałęsa
singular plural
nominative Wałęsa Wałęsy
genitive Wałęsy Wałęs
dative Wałęsie Wałęsom
accusative Wałęsę Wałęsy
instrumental Wałęsą Wałęsami
locative Wałęsie Wałęsach
vocative Wałęso Wałęsy

Further reading

  • “Wałęsa”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
  • Wałęsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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