Bolesław

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Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔˈlɛ.swaf/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛswaf
  • Syllabification: Bo‧le‧sław

Etymology 1

*bel- ("great")[1] + *slava ("glory").

Proper noun

Bolesław m pers (female equivalent Bolesława, diminutive Bolek)

  1. a male given name
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Bolesław f

  1. genitive plural of Bolesława

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “Bolesław”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

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