Κύριλλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-ryós

Proto-Hellenic *kúrios

Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος (kū́rios)

Ancient Greek -ιλλος (-illos)

Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros)

Ancient Greek -ιλλος (-illos)

Ancient Greek Κύριλλος

From κῡ́ριος (kū́rios, “lord”) or Κῦρος (Kûros, “Cyrus”) +‎ -ιλλος (-illos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ril.los/ → /ˈci.ri.los/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.ril.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ril.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ril.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.los/

Proper noun

Κῡ́ριλλος • (Kū́rillos) m (genitive Κῡρίλλου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cyril

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Κῡ́ριλλος; τοῦ Κῡρίλλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κῡ́ριλλος ho Kū́rillos
Genitive	τοῦ Κῡρίλλου toû Kūríllou
Dative	τῷ Κῡρίλλῳ tōî Kūríllōi
Accusative	τὸν Κῡ́ριλλον tòn Kū́rillon
Vocative	Κῡ́ριλλε Kū́rille
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: Κύριλλος (Kýrillos)
• → Akkadian: 𒆪𒊒𒅋𒇻𒇒𒋢 (ku-ru-il-lu-su)
• → Arabic: كِيرُلُس (kīrulus)
• → Old Armenian: Կիւրեղ (Kiwreł)
  • Armenian: Կյուրեղ (Kyureġ)
• → Belarusian: Кіры́л (Kirýl)
• → Bulgarian: Ки́рил (Kíril)
• → Georgian: კირილე (ḳirile)
• → German: Kyrill
• → Latin: Cȳrillus
  • → Alemannic German: Cyrill
  • Corsican: Cirillu
  • → Czech: Cyril
  • → Dutch: Cyrillus
  • → English: Cyril
    • → Cebuano: Cyril
    • → Japanese: シリル (Shiriru)
    • → Korean: 시릴 (Siril)
  • French: Cyrille, Cyril
  • → Hungarian: Cirill
  • Italian: Cirillo
    • → Maltese: Ċirillu
  • → Polish: Cyryl
  • → Slovak: Cyril
  • Portuguese: Cirilo
  • Sicilian: Ciriḍḍu
  • Spanish: Cirilo
• → Macedonian: Кирил (Kiril)
• → Manx: Kyril
• → Romanian: Chiril
• → Russian: Кири́лл (Kiríll) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Kiril/Кирил
• → Ukrainian: Кири́ло (Kyrýlo)
  • → English: Kyrylo

Further reading

• “Κύριλλος” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Κύριλλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.los/

Proper noun

Κύριλλος • (Kýrillos) m

1. a male given name, Kyrillos, equivalent to English Cyril