Ratibor

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ortь (“war, battle”) (Old Church Slavonic рать (ratĭ)) +‎ *borti (“fight, battle”) +‎ *-ъ.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ratibor m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ratibor (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Ratibor	Ratibory	Ratiboři, Ratiborové
genitive	Ratibora	Ratiború	Ratiboróv
dative	Ratiboru, Ratiborovi	Ratiboroma	Ratiboróm
accusative	Ratibora	Ratibory	Ratibory
vocative	Ratiboře	Ratibory	Ratiboři, Ratiborové
locative	Ratiboru, Ratiborovi	Ratiború	Ratibořiech
instrumental	Ratiborem	Ratiboroma	Ratibory

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