Vojtech
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Vojtěch or Vojtech - is a Czech and Slovak form of Slavic origin given name. The name is related to the saint Adalbert of Prague
. It is built of two parts: voj - war, warrior and "tech" - happy, eager. Pronounced VOY-tih. In Czech and Slovak republic, it is customary to celebrate a name day
. The name day for Vojtech is on April 23.
elements. The first is the caron
, which is a form of a diacritical mark, over the letter e. The caron modifies the pronanciation of the t letter immadietly before the ě.
The second is a digraph
at the end of the name. The last two letters ch in fact form a single phoneme
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x). A digraph
essentially means the use of two letter for one phoneme. It is the only formal digraph in the Czech alphabet
.
A common shorter version of the name is Vojta, pronaunced as Voyta. According to a 2009 survey of the Czech Ministry of Interior, there were over 41 thousand men with the first name Vojtěch in the Czech republic
, which made it the 28th most used name in Czech republic.
Adalbert of Prague
This article is about St Adalbert of Prague. For other uses, see Adalbert .Saint Adalbert, Czech: ; , , Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. He evangelized Poles and Hungarians. St...
. It is built of two parts: voj - war, warrior and "tech" - happy, eager. Pronounced VOY-tih. In Czech and Slovak republic, it is customary to celebrate a name day
Name day
A name day is a tradition in many countries in Europe and Latin America that consists of celebrating the day of the year associated with one's given name....
. The name day for Vojtech is on April 23.
Use in the Czech republic
The czech proper speling of the name is Vojtěch. The name contains two Czech phonologyCzech phonology
This article discusses the phonological system of the Czech language- Vowels :There are 10 vowel phonemes in Czech. 5 of them are short and 5 are long. The duration of the long vowels is approximately double in comparison with their short counterparts. Long and short vowels form minimal pairs. The...
elements. The first is the caron
Caron
A caron or háček , also known as a wedge, inverted circumflex, inverted hat, is a diacritic placed over certain letters to indicate present or historical palatalization, iotation, or postalveolar pronunciation in the orthography of some Baltic, Slavic, Finno-Lappic, and other languages.It looks...
, which is a form of a diacritical mark, over the letter e. The caron modifies the pronanciation of the t letter immadietly before the ě.
The second is a digraph
Digraph
Digraph may refer to:* Digraph , a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as "sh" in English* Typographical ligature, the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as "æ"...
at the end of the name. The last two letters ch in fact form a single phoneme
Phoneme
In a language or dialect, a phoneme is the smallest segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterances....
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Voiceless velar fricative
The voiceless velar fricative is a type of consonantal sound used in some spoken languages. The sound was part of the consonant inventory of Old English and can still be found in some dialects of English, most notably in Scottish English....
x). A digraph
Digraph
Digraph may refer to:* Digraph , a pair of characters used together to represent a single sound, such as "sh" in English* Typographical ligature, the joining of two letters as a single glyph, such as "æ"...
essentially means the use of two letter for one phoneme. It is the only formal digraph in the Czech alphabet
Czech alphabet
The Czech alphabet is a version of the Latin script, used when writing Czech. Its basic principles are "one sound, one letter" and the addition of diacritical marks above letters to represent sounds alien to Latin...
.
A common shorter version of the name is Vojta, pronaunced as Voyta. According to a 2009 survey of the Czech Ministry of Interior, there were over 41 thousand men with the first name Vojtěch in the Czech republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, which made it the 28th most used name in Czech republic.
Foreign variants
- Polish: WojciechWojciechWojciech a Slavic root pertaining to war and "Ciech" meaning joy, with the resulting combination meaning "The joy of war" or "smiling warrior"...
, Wojtas, Wojtasek, Wojtak, Wojtek, Wojtczak, Wojcik, Wojcicki, Wojt. - Serbian, Croatian: Vojteh
- Bulgarian: Vojtech
- German: Woitke, Witke, Voitke, Voytke, Woytke, Vogtke, Wogtke, Woetke, Wötke, Woyzeck, and Wozzeck
Famous bearers
- Saint Adalbert of PragueAdalbert of PragueThis article is about St Adalbert of Prague. For other uses, see Adalbert .Saint Adalbert, Czech: ; , , Czech Roman Catholic saint, a Bishop of Prague and a missionary, was martyred in his efforts to convert the Baltic Prussians. He evangelized Poles and Hungarians. St...
(ca. 956 - 997), his name was Vojtěch Slavník; known in Czech (and sometimes in English) as Saint Vojtěch, bishop of Prague - Vojtěch ŠafaříkVojtech ŠafaríkVojtěch Šafařík was a Czech chemist, specializing in inorganic chemistry. He wrote many popular textbooks as well as making over 20,000 observations of variable stars.The crater Šafařík on the Moon is named after him.- External links :*...
(1829–1902), Czech chemist. - Vojtech AlexanderVojtech AlexanderVojtech Alexander , Alexander Béla was Slovak radiologist, one of the most influential radiologists in the world....
(1857–1916), Hungarian radiologist. - Vojtech TukaVojtech TukaVojtech "Béla" Tuka was the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic between 1940 and 1945. Tuka was one the main forces behind the deportation of Slovak Jews to Nazi concentration camps in Poland...
(1880–1946), Slovak prime minister. - Vojtěch JarníkVojtech JarníkVojtěch Jarník was a Czech mathematician.His main area of work was in number theory and mathematical analysis; he proved a number of results on lattice point problems. He also developed the graph theory algorithm known as Prim's algorithm....
(1897–1970), Czech mathematician. - Vojtech ZamarovskýVojtech ZamarovskýVojtech Zamarovský was a popular Slovak writer of historical non-fiction literature. He also translated from English, German, French and Latin....
(1919–2006), popular Slovak writer of historical non-fiction. - Vojtěch MachekVojtěch MachekVojtěch Machek is a Czech professional footballer who plays 1. FC Karlovy Vary.-Career:Machek began his career in the youth team of Feyenoord, and made his professional debut on loan at Excelsior during the 2009-10 season. The defender played during the 2010/2011 season six games for Helmond...
, Czech professional footballer - Vojta Merten, Czech actor
- Vojtěch Dyk, Czech rock singer and actor
- Vojtěch Kotek, Czech actor
- Vojtěch Bernatský, Czech moderator of Czech televisionCzech televisionCzech television may refer to:*Television in the Czech Republic*Česká televize...
- Vojtěch Adam, doctor of medicine
- Vojtěch Adamec, Czech innkeeper
Vojtech and another as surname
- Václav VojtaVáclav VojtaVáclav Vojta was a Czech doctor who discovered the principle of reflexlocomotion, which is used to treat various physical and mental disorders through the stimulation of the human sensimotoric system's reflex points. Originally used in the treatment of spastic children, the technique is now used...
, a physician, inventor of the Vojta method also known as ReflexlocomotionReflexlocomotionReflexlocomotion is the technique for the treatment of physical and mental impairment in humans, discovered by Václav Vojta. Sometimes referred to as the Vojta Method.... - Elmer Vojtka, American golfer of Slovak origin
- Jon VoightJon VoightJonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight is an American actor. He has received an Academy Award, out of four nominations, and three Golden Globe Awards, out of nine nominations. Voight is the father of actress Angelina Jolie....
, American actor's real name's Jonathan Vincent Vojtka - James Haven Vojtka, American actor
- Angelina Jolie VojtkaAngelina JolieAngelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
, American actress - Roman Vojtek, Czech actor
- Adam Vojtěch, Czech singer
- Linda VojtováLinda VojtovaLinda Vojtova is a Czech model. She was the winner of Elite Model Look in 2000, when she was 15. Since then, she has been appearing in various model magazines including but not limiting to Vogue, ELLE, Glamour, Amica, The European Magazine, Surface...
, Czech model - Alexandr Vojta, Czech director of documents
- Jaroslav VojtaJaroslav VojtaJaroslav Vojta was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in over 90 films between 1921 and 1970.-Selected filmography:* Karel Havlíček Borovský * Hraběnka z Podskalí * Hordubalové...
, Czech actor - Jiří Vojta, Czech actor
- Adolf Vojta-Jurný, Czech actor
- Ivan Vojtek, Czech actor
- Jaroslav Vojtek, Slovak director
- Hermína Vojtová, Czech actress
See also
- WojciechWojciechWojciech a Slavic root pertaining to war and "Ciech" meaning joy, with the resulting combination meaning "The joy of war" or "smiling warrior"...
, a Polish variant - Slavic names
- pronunciation of the name Vojtěch CzechCzech languageCzech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers; it is the majority language in the Czech Republic and spoken by Czechs worldwide. The language was known as Bohemian in English until the late 19th century...
: (the second word in the audio recording)