Boleslav

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Boleslav, from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь + -slav (with the same meaning as Václav).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbolɛslaf]

Proper noun

Boleslav m anim (female equivalent Boleslava)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Boleslav (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Boleslav	Boleslavové
genitive	Boleslava	Boleslavů
dative	Boleslavovi, Boleslavu	Boleslavům
accusative	Boleslava	Boleslavy
vocative	Boleslave	Boleslavové
locative	Boleslavovi, Boleslavu	Boleslavech
instrumental	Boleslavem	Boleslavy

Proper noun

Boleslav f (relational adjective boleslavský, demonym Boleslavan, female demonym Boleslavanka)

1. Boleslav (a city in the Czech Republic)

   Svatý Václav byl zavražděn dne 28. 9. 935 ve Staré Boleslavi.

   Saint Wenceslaus was murdered on 28th September 935 in Stará Boleslav.

Declension

Declension of Boleslav (sg-only soft zero-ending feminine)

	singular
nominative	Boleslav
genitive	Boleslavě, Boleslavi
dative	Boleslavi
accusative	Boleslav
vocative	Boleslavi
locative	Boleslavi
instrumental	Boleslaví

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈbolɛsɫaʋ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈbolɛslaf/

Etymology 1

Derived from Proto-Slavic *boľьjь (“greater”) + *slava (“fame, renown”) +‎ *-ъ (with the same meaning as Vácslav).

Proper noun

Boleslav m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Boleslav (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Boleslav	Boleslavy	Boleslavi, Boleslavové
genitive	Boleslava	Boleslavú	Boleslavóv
dative	Boleslavu, Boleslavovi	Boleslavoma	Boleslavóm
accusative	Boleslava	Boleslavy	Boleslavy
vocative	Boleslave	Boleslavy	Boleslavi, Boleslavové
locative	Boleslavu, Boleslavovi	Boleslavú	Boleslaviech
instrumental	Boleslavem	Boleslavoma	Boleslavy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: Boleslav

Etymology 2

Short form of the adjective Boleslaví, which comes from Boleslav (given name) +‎ -í.

Proper noun

Boleslav m inan

1. Boleslav (a city in the Czech Republic)

Declension

Declension of Boleslav (sg-only soft o-stem)

	singular
nominative	Boleslav
genitive	Boleslavě
dative	Boleslav́u
accusative	Boleslav
vocative	Boleslav́u
locative	Boleslavi, Boleslav́u
instrumental	Boleslavem

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: Boleslav

Further reading

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

Old Slovak

Proper noun

Boleslav m pers

1. a male given name

Further reading

• Krajčovič, Rudolf (2005), Živé kroniky slovenských dejín skryté v názvoch obcí a miest [Living chronicles of Slovak history hidden in the names of villages and towns], Bratislava: Slovenské literárne centrum, →ISBN, page 93

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlɛslau̯/

Proper noun

Boleslav m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Boleslav
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Boleslav	Boleslavovia
genitive	Boleslava	Boleslavov
dative	Boleslavovi	Boleslavom
accusative	Boleslava	Boleslavov
locative	Boleslavovi	Boleslavoch
instrumental	Boleslavom	Boleslavmi

Derived terms

• Slavo, Slavko

Further reading

• “Boleslav”, 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, 2003–2026