Wałęsa

See also: wałęsa, wałęsą, and Wałęsą

English

Etymology

From Polish Wałęsa, from Old Polish wałęsa (“vagabond”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˈwɛnsə/, /vəˈlɛnsə/, enPR: və-wĕnʹsə, və-lĕnʹsə
• Rhymes: -ɛnsə
• Hyphenation: Wa‧łę‧sa

Proper noun

Wałęsa

1. A surname from Polish.

See also

• Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), a Polish trade unionist and politician.

Polish

Alternative forms

• Wałensa (surname)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wałęsa (“vagabond”), from wałęsać się (“to roam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈwɛw̃.sa/, /vaˈwɛn.sa/
• Rhymes: -ɛw̃sa
• Syllabification: Wa‧łę‧sa
• Homophone: wałęsa

Proper noun

Wałęsa m pers or f

1. a male surname

   Lech Wałęsa (born 1943), a Polish trade unionist and politician

2. a female surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Wałęsa

	singular	plural
nominative	Wałęsa	Wałęsowie
genitive	Wałęsy	Wałęsów
dative	Wałęsie	Wałęsom
accusative	Wałęsę	Wałęsów
instrumental	Wałęsą	Wałęsami
locative	Wałęsie	Wałęsach
vocative	Wałęso	Wałęsowie

Feminine surname:

Declension of Wałęsa

	singular	plural
nominative	Wałęsa	Wałęsy
genitive	Wałęsy	Wałęs
dative	Wałęsie	Wałęsom
accusative	Wałęsę	Wałęsy
instrumental	Wałęsą	Wałęsami
locative	Wałęsie	Wałęsach
vocative	Wałęso	Wałęsy

Further reading

• “Wałęsa”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
• Wałęsa in Polish dictionaries at PWN