Václav
Czech edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
Václav m anim
- a male given name
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Václav m anim (genitive singular Václava, nominative plural Václavovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension edit
Declension of Václav
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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