Bohuslav

English

Alternative forms

• (from Russian) Boguslav

Etymology

From Ukrainian Богусла́в (Bohusláv).

Proper noun

Bohuslav

1. A city in Kyiv Oblast, in northern Ukraine.

Translations

city

• Belarusian: Багусла́ў (Bahusláŭ)
• Crimean Tatar: Boguslav
• Marathi: बोहुस्लाव (bohuslāv)
• Polish: Bohusław
• Russian: Богусла́в (ru) (Bogusláv)
• Ukrainian: Богусла́в (uk) (Bohusláv)
• Yiddish: באָסלעוו (boslev)

Czech

Etymology

Literally, “who celebrates God”, from Bůh (“God”) + slavit (“celebrate”); equivalent to Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος (Timótheos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboɦuslaf]

Proper noun

Bohuslav m anim

1. a male given name, similar to Timothy

Declension

Declension of Bohuslav (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Bohuslav	Bohuslavové
genitive	Bohuslava	Bohuslavů
dative	Bohuslavovi, Bohuslavu	Bohuslavům
accusative	Bohuslava	Bohuslavy
vocative	Bohuslave	Bohuslavové
locative	Bohuslavovi, Bohuslavu	Bohuslavech
instrumental	Bohuslavem	Bohuslavy

Further reading

• “Bohuslav”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Bohuslav”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɦuslau̯/

Proper noun

Bohuslav m pers (genitive singular Bohuslava, nominative plural Bohuslavovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Bohuslav

	singular	plural
nominative	Bohuslav	Bohuslavovia
genitive	Bohuslava	Bohuslavov
dative	Bohuslavovi	Bohuslavom
accusative	Bohuslava	Bohuslavov
locative	Bohuslavovi	Bohuslavoch
instrumental	Bohuslavom	Bohuslavmi

Derived terms

• Bohuš, Bohuslavko
• Slavo, Slavko

 

Further reading

• “Bohuslav”, 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