Hostislav

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Gostislavъ.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Hostislav m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Hostislav (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Hostislav	Hostislavy	Hostislavi, Hostislavové
genitive	Hostislava	Hostislavú	Hostislavóv
dative	Hostislavu, Hostislavovi	Hostislavoma	Hostislavóm
accusative	Hostislava	Hostislavy	Hostislavy
vocative	Hostislave	Hostislavy	Hostislavi, Hostislavové
locative	Hostislavu, Hostislavovi	Hostislavú	Hostislaviech
instrumental	Hostislavem	Hostislavoma	Hostislavy

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