Some types of group inflection in Czech (and closely related languages) are often discussed, e.g., vocative Pane 'Mr.' followed by an uninflected (as opposed vocative) name, e.g., Pane Novák alongside Pane Nováku (in the second, the name IS in the vocative). This seems to be the norm for many foreign names, e.g., my name never gets inflected when Czech speakers write to me. What I have NOT found any discussion of (but there may well be some) is what looks to me like the same phenomenon in the genitive with foreign names ending in -a. So f.ex. svatého Sâva 'St. Sava' (genitive), where the normative svatého Sávy also occurs and in fact more often in writing as far as I can see via Google. I have no idea about the spoken language. Or Alexandra Borgia, genitive of Alexandr Borgia, where the first word is inflected but the second isn't. I am hoping someone knows of relevant literature or is willing to share a native or anyway fluent speaker's knowledge with me. Also and esp. knowledge of medieval Czech on this point. Thank you.

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Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
Morphology
Sociolinguistics
Syntax

Subject Language(s): Czech (ces)

Language Family(ies): West Slavic