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)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Proper noun

Boleslav f (relational adjective boleslavský, demonym Boleslavan, female demonym Boleslavanka)

  1. 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

Further reading

Old Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈbolɛsɫaʋ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈbolɛslaf/

Etymology 1

    Derived from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь (greater) + *slava (fame, renown) +‎ *-ъ (with the same meaning as Vácslav).

    Proper noun

    Boleslav m pers

    1. a male given name
    Declension
    Descendants
    • Czech: Boleslav

    Etymology 2

      Short form of the adjective Boleslaví, which comes from Boleslav (given name) +‎ .

      Proper noun

      Boleslav m inan

      1. Boleslav (a city in the Czech Republic)
      Declension
      Descendants

      Further reading

      Old Slovak

      Proper noun

      Boleslav m pers

      1. 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

      1. a male given name

      Declension

      Declension of Boleslav
      (pattern chlap)
      singularplural
      nominativeBoleslavBoleslavovia
      genitiveBoleslavaBoleslavov
      dativeBoleslavoviBoleslavom
      accusativeBoleslavaBoleslavov
      locativeBoleslavoviBoleslavoch
      instrumentalBoleslavomBoleslavmi

      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, 2003–2026