Tomáš

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tomas"

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), from Aramaic תאומא/תאמא (“twin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtomaːʃ]
• Hyphenation: To‧máš

Proper noun

Tomáš m anim

1. Thomas (biblical character)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas

Declension

Declension of Tomáš (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Tomáš	Tomášové
genitive	Tomáše	Tomášů
dative	Tomášovi, Tomáši	Tomášům
accusative	Tomáše	Tomáše
vocative	Tomáši	Tomášové
locative	Tomášovi, Tomáši	Tomáších
instrumental	Tomášem	Tomáši

Proper noun

Tomáš m anim (female equivalent Tomášová)

1. a male surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Declension of Tomáš (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Tomáš	Tomášové
genitive	Tomáše	Tomášů
dative	Tomášovi	Tomášům
accusative	Tomáše	Tomáše
vocative	Tomáši	Tomášové
locative	Tomášovi	Tomáších
instrumental	Tomášem	Tomáši

Further reading

• “Tomáš”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Tomáš”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Tomáš”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “Tomáš”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), from Aramaic תאומא/תאמא (“twin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔmaːʃ]

Proper noun

Tomáš m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
2. a surname

Declension

as a surname:

Declension of Tomáš (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Tomáš	Tomášovia	Tomášovci
genitive	Tomáša	Tomášov	Tomášovcov
dative	Tomášovi	Tomášom	Tomášovcom
accusative	Tomáša	Tomášov	Tomášovcov
locative	Tomášovi	Tomášoch	Tomášovcoch
instrumental	Tomášom	Tomášmi	Tomášovcami

as a given name:

Declension of Tomáš (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Tomáš	Tomášovia
genitive	Tomáša	Tomášov
dative	Tomášovi	Tomášom
accusative	Tomáša	Tomášov
locative	Tomášovi	Tomášoch
instrumental	Tomášom	Tomášmi

Derived terms

• tomášsky

Further reading

• “Tomáš”, 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