Václav

== Czech == === Etymology === Contraction of Old Czech Vácslav, from Proto-Slavic *Vęťeslavъ. By surface analysis, více +‎ -slav (with the same meaning as Boleslav). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvaːt͡slaf] === Proper noun === Václav m anim a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Václav”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “Václav”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Václav”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Slovak == === Etymology === Borrowed from Czech Václav. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋaːt͡s.ɫaw/ === Proper noun === Václav m pers (genitive singular Václava, nominative plural Václavovia, declension pattern of chlap) a male given name ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Václavov === Further reading === “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, 2003–2026