Novák
Czech
Etymology
From nový (“new”), for “newcomer to the village”. Compare Polish Nowak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnovaːk]
Proper noun
Novák m anim (female equivalent Nováková)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Novák (velar masculine animate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Novák | Novákové |
| genitive | Nováka | Nováků |
| dative | Novákovi | Novákům |
| accusative | Nováka | Nováky |
| vocative | Nováku | Novákové |
| locative | Novákovi | Novácích |
| instrumental | Novákem | Nováky |
Further reading
- “Novák”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnovaːk]
- Hyphenation: No‧vák
- Rhymes: -aːk
Proper noun
Novák
- a surname
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Novák | Novákok |
| accusative | Novákot | Novákokat |
| dative | Nováknak | Novákoknak |
| instrumental | Novákkal | Novákokkal |
| causal-final | Novákért | Novákokért |
| translative | Novákká | Novákokká |
| terminative | Novákig | Novákokig |
| essive-formal | Novákként | Novákokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Novákban | Novákokban |
| superessive | Novákon | Novákokon |
| adessive | Nováknál | Novákoknál |
| illative | Novákba | Novákokba |
| sublative | Novákra | Novákokra |
| allative | Novákhoz | Novákokhoz |
| elative | Novákból | Novákokból |
| delative | Novákról | Novákokról |
| ablative | Nováktól | Novákoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
Nováké | Novákoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
Novákéi | Novákokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | Novákom | Novákjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Novákod | Novákjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Novákja | Novákjai |
| 1st person plural | Novákunk | Novákjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Novákotok | Novákjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Novákjuk | Novákjaik |
Slovak
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɔvaːk]
Proper noun
Novák m pers (female equivalent Nováková)
- a surname
Declension
| singular | plural 1 | plural 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Novák | Novákovia | Novákovci |
| genitive | Nováka | Novákov | Novákovcov |
| dative | Novákovi | Novákom | Novákovcom |
| accusative | Nováka | Novákov | Novákovcov |
| locative | Novákovi | Novákoch | Novákovcoch |
| instrumental | Novákom | Novákmi | Novákovcami |
Further reading
- “Novák”, 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, 2003–2025