Lukáš

See also: lukas, Lukas, Lúkas, and łukas

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs, “man from Lucania”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlukaːʃ]

Proper noun

Lukáš m anim

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Luke or Lucas
2. a male surname transferred from the given name
3. (religion) Luke

Declension

Declension of Lukáš (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Lukáš	Lukášové
genitive	Lukáše	Lukášů
dative	Lukášovi, Lukáši	Lukášům
accusative	Lukáše	Lukáše
vocative	Lukáši	Lukášové
locative	Lukášovi, Lukáši	Lukáších
instrumental	Lukášem	Lukáši

Further reading

• “Lukáš”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫukaːʃ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈlukaːʃ/

Proper noun

Lukáš m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Lukáš (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Lukáš	Lukášě	Lukáši, Lukášové
genitive	Lukášě	Lukášú	Lukášóv
dative	Lukášu, Lukášovi	Lukášoma	Lukášóm
accusative	Lukášě	Lukášě	Lukášě
vocative	Lukášu	Lukášě	Lukáši, Lukášové
locative	Lukášu, Lukášovi	Lukášú	Lukáších
instrumental	Lukášem	Lukášoma	Lukáši

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Lukáš”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs, “man from Lucania”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫukaːʃ/

Proper noun

Lukáš m pers (genitive singular Lukáša, nominative plural Lukášovia, declension pattern of chlap)

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Luke or Lucas
2. (religion) Luke

Declension

Declension of Lukáš

	singular	plural
nominative	Lukáš	Lukášovia
genitive	Lukáša	Lukášov
dative	Lukášovi	Lukášom
accusative	Lukáša	Lukášov
locative	Lukášovi	Lukášoch
instrumental	Lukášom	Lukášmi

Derived terms

• Luk
• Lukáško
• Lukino, Lukinko

Further reading

• “Lukáš”, 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, 2003–2025