Branislav

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbraɲɪslaf]

Proper noun

Branislav m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Branislav (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Branislav	Branislavové
genitive	Branislava	Branislavů
dative	Branislavovi, Branislavu	Branislavům
accusative	Branislava	Branislavy
vocative	Branislave	Branislavové
locative	Branislavovi, Branislavu	Branislavech
instrumental	Branislavem	Branislavy

Old Czech

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Branislav m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Branislav (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Branislav	Branislavy	Branislavi, Branislavové
genitive	Branislava	Branislavú	Branislavóv
dative	Branislavu, Branislavovi	Branislavoma	Branislavóm
accusative	Branislava	Branislavy	Branislavy
vocative	Branislave	Branislavy	Branislavi, Branislavové
locative	Branislavu, Branislavovi	Branislavú	Branislaviech
instrumental	Branislavem	Branislavoma	Branislavy

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From brániti (“to defend”) + slȁviti (“to celebrate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /brǎnislaʋ/
• Hyphenation: Bra‧ni‧slav

Proper noun

Brànislav m (Cyrillic spelling Бра̀нислав)

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Branislav

	singular
nominative	Branislav
genitive	Branislava
dative	Branislavu
accusative	Branislava
vocative	Branislave
locative	Branislavu
instrumental	Branislavom

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbraɲisɫau̯/

Proper noun

Branislav m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Branislav

	singular	plural
nominative	Branislav	Branislavovia
genitive	Branislava	Branislavov
dative	Branislavovi	Branislavom
accusative	Branislava	Branislavov
locative	Branislavovi	Branislavoch
instrumental	Branislavom	Branislavmi

Derived terms

• Braňo
• Branko

Further reading

• “Branislav”, 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