Slavík

Czech

Etymology

From slavík (“nightingale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslaviːk]

Proper noun

Slavík m anim (female equivalent Slavíková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Slavík (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Slavík	Slavíkové
genitive	Slavíka	Slavíků
dative	Slavíkovi	Slavíkům
accusative	Slavíka	Slavíky
vocative	Slavíku	Slavíkové
locative	Slavíkovi	Slavících
instrumental	Slavíkem	Slavíky

Further reading

• “Slavík”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
• Vladimír Šmilauer, Jaroslav Kuchař, and Slavomír Utěšený (1972) Čeština všední i nevšední, Prague: Academia, page 399

Slovak

Etymology

From slavík (“nightingale”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈslaviːk]

Proper noun

Slavík m pers (female equivalent Slavíková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Slavík (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Slavík	Slavíkovia	Slavíkovci
genitive	Slavíka	Slavíkov	Slavíkovcov
dative	Slavíkovi	Slavíkom	Slavíkovcom
accusative	Slavíka	Slavíkov	Slavíkovcov
locative	Slavíkovi	Slavíkoch	Slavíkovcoch
instrumental	Slavíkom	Slavíkmi	Slavíkovcami

Further reading

• “Slavík”, 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