Rafał

See also: rafal, Rafal, and Rȧfȧł

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Rāphāēl, from Ancient Greek Ῥᾱφᾱήλ (Rhāphāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew רָפָאֵל (Rāfāʾēl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.faw/

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• Rhymes: -afaw
• Syllabification: Ra‧fał

Proper noun

Rafał m pers

1. a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Raphael

Declension

Declension of Rafał

	singular	plural
nominative	Rafał	Rafałowie/Rafały (deprecative)
genitive	Rafała	Rafałów
dative	Rafałowi	Rafałom
accusative	Rafała	Rafałów
instrumental	Rafałem	Rafałami
locative	Rafale	Rafałach
vocative	Rafale	Rafałowie

Further reading

• Rafał in Polish dictionaries at PWN