Beneš

See also: benes and Benes

Czech

Etymology

Reduced from the personal name Benedikt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛnɛʃ]

Proper noun

Beneš m anim (female equivalent Benešová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Beneš (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Beneš	Benešové
genitive	Beneše	Benešů
dative	Benešovi	Benešům
accusative	Beneše	Beneše
vocative	Beneši	Benešové
locative	Benešovi	Beneších
instrumental	Benešem	Beneši

Further reading

• “Beneš”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Old Czech

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Beneš m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Beneš (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Beneš	Benešě	Beneši, Benešové
genitive	Benešě	Benešú	Benešóv
dative	Benešu, Benešovi	Benešoma	Benešóm
accusative	Benešě	Benešě	Benešě
vocative	Benešu	Benešě	Beneši, Benešové
locative	Benešu, Benešovi	Benešú	Beneších
instrumental	Benešem	Benešoma	Beneši

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) “Beneš”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeɲeʃ]

Proper noun

Beneš m pers (female equivalent Benešová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Beneš (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Beneš	Benešovia	Benešovci
genitive	Beneša	Benešov	Benešovcov
dative	Benešovi	Benešom	Benešovcom
accusative	Beneša	Benešov	Benešovcov
locative	Benešovi	Benešoch	Benešovcoch
instrumental	Benešom	Benešmi	Benešovcami

Further reading

• “Beneš”, 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