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

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

• Věnceslav

 

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vacek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Václav in Internetová jazyková příručka

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

Declension of Václav

	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, 2024