Václav

Czech

Etymology

Contraction of a Slavic (Old Czech Vácslav) name, appearing in English as Wenceslaus, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ, from *vęťьjь (greater, more) + *slava (fame, glory).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaːt͡slaf]

Proper noun

Václav m anim

  1. a male given name

Declension

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech Václav.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaːt͡s.ɫaw/

Proper noun

Václav m anim (genitive singular Václava, nominative plural Václavovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name

Declension

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, 2024
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