Кирил

Bulgarian

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-der.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁ryós

Proto-Hellenic *kúrios

Ancient Greek κῡ́ριος (kū́rios)

Ancient Greek -ιλλος (-illos)

Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros)

Ancient Greek -ιλλος (-illos)

Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos)der.

Old Church Slavonic Кѵрилъ (Kürilŭ)

Bulgarian Кирил

Inherited from Old Church Slavonic Кѵрилъ (Kürilŭ), from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiriɫ]
• Rhymes: -iriɫ
• Syllabification^(key): Ки‧рил

Proper noun

Ки́рил • (Kíril) m (feminine Ки́рила or Ки́рилка, diminutive Ки́рилчо or Ки́ре or Ки́ро or Ки́рчо)

1. a male given name, Kiril, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cyril
2. Saint Cyril (apostle to the Slavs and inventor of the Glagolitic alphabet, which served as the basis for the Cyrillic alphabet)

Declension

Declension of Ки́рил

	singular	plural
indefinite	Ки́рил Kíril	Ки́риловци Kírilovci
definite	—	Ки́риловците Kírilovcite
vocative form	Ки́риле Kírile	Ки́риловци Kírilovci

Related terms

adjectives

• ки́рилски (kírilski)

nouns

• ки́рилица (kírilica)

References

• Илчев, Стефан (1969), “Ки́рил”, in Речник на личните и фамилни имена у българите [Dictionary of Bulgarian Personal and Family Names] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 256
• “Кирил”, in ЛексИт [LexIt] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “Кирил”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• лирик (lirik)

Macedonian

Alternative forms

• Ќирил (Ḱiril)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkiɾiɫ]

Proper noun

Кирил • (Kiril) m

1. a male given name, Kiril, feminine equivalent Кирила (Kirila), equivalent to English Cyril

Derived terms

• (Diminutives, Endearing forms): Кире (Kire), Киро (Kiro), Кирко (Kirko), Кирче (Kirče), Кирчо (Kirčo)

Related terms

• кирилица f (kirilica)
• кириличен (kiriličen)
• кириловица f (kirilovica)
• кирилски (kirilski)

Ukrainian

Proper noun

Кири́л • (Kyrýl) m pers

1. genitive/accusative plural of Кири́ло (Kyrýlo)