Václav
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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
Proper noun
Václav m anim
- a male given name
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Vacek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- “Václav”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Václav m pers (genitive singular Václava, nominative plural Václavovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension
Declension of Václav
Derived terms
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, 2003–2024