Ladislav

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech Ladislav, a variant of Vladislav.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlaɟɪslaf]

Proper noun

Ladislav m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ladislaus

Declension

Declension of Ladislav (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ladislav	Ladislavové
genitive	Ladislava	Ladislavů
dative	Ladislavovi, Ladislavu	Ladislavům
accusative	Ladislava	Ladislavy
vocative	Ladislave	Ladislavové
locative	Ladislavovi, Ladislavu	Ladislavech
instrumental	Ladislavem	Ladislavy

Old Czech

Etymology

A variant of Vladislav.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Ladislav m pers

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ladislav (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Ladislav	Ladislavy	Ladislavi, Ladislavové
genitive	Ladislava	Ladislavú	Ladislavóv
dative	Ladislavu, Ladislavovi	Ladislavoma	Ladislavóm
accusative	Ladislava	Ladislavy	Ladislavy
vocative	Ladislave	Ladislavy	Ladislavi, Ladislavové
locative	Ladislavu, Ladislavovi	Ladislavú	Ladislaviech
instrumental	Ladislavem	Ladislavoma	Ladislavy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: Ladislav
• → Hungarian: László
  • → English: Laszlo
• → Medieval Latin: Ladislaus
  • → English: Ladislaus
  • → French: Ladislas
  • → Italian: Ladislao
  • → Spanish: Ladislao
• → Serbo-Croatian: Làdislav
• → Slovak: Ladislav
• → Slovene: Lȃdislav

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Ladislav”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lǎdislaʋ/

Proper noun

Làdislav m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ла̀дислав)

1. a male given name

Further reading

• “Ladislav”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɟislav/, [ˈlaɟislau̯]
• Rhymes: -islav
• Hyphenation: La‧dis‧lav

Proper noun

Ladislav m pers (diminutive Laco or Lacko)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ladislaus

Declension

Declension of Ladislav
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Ladislav	Ladislavovia
genitive	Ladislava	Ladislavov
dative	Ladislavovi	Ladislavom
accusative	Ladislava	Ladislavov
locative	Ladislavovi	Ladislavoch
instrumental	Ladislavom	Ladislavmi

Descendants

• → Hungarian: László

Further reading

• “Ladislav”, 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, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /láːdislaʋ/

Proper noun

Lȃdislav m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Ladislav
gen. sing.	Ladislava
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Ladislav	Ladislava	Ladislavi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Ladislava	Ladislavov	Ladislavov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Ladislavu	Ladislavoma	Ladislavom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Ladislava	Ladislava	Ladislave
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Ladislavu	Ladislavih	Ladislavih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Ladislavom	Ladislavoma	Ladislavi

Further reading

• “Ladislav”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026