Čapek

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See also: capek, Capek, cápek, and čapek

Czech

Etymology

Diminutive of čáp (“stork”), from Proto-Slavic *čapľa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: Ča‧pek

Proper noun

Čapek m anim (female equivalent Čapková)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Čapek (velar masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative Čapek Čapkové
genitive Čapka Čapků
dative Čapkovi Čapkům
accusative Čapka Čapky
vocative Čapku Čapkové
locative Čapkovi Čapcích
instrumental Čapkem Čapky

Further reading

  • “Čapek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
  • Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 399

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Čapek m pers (female equivalent Čapková)

  1. a male surname

Further reading

  • “Čapek”, 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
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