Cyril

English

Etymology

Via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin Cȳrillus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (lord, master).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭr-əl (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɹəl/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɪrəl

Proper noun

Cyril

1. ; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
   • 1954 P. G. Wodehouse, Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions, Herbert Jenkins (1957), page 35:

     Boxers, too, not so long ago a somewhat uncouth section of the community who were seldom if ever mistaken for members of the Vere de Vere family, have taken on a polish which makes their society a pleasure. They have names like Cyril and Percy and Clarence and live up to them.

Derived terms

• Cyrillic

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: كِيرُلُس m (kirulus), كِيرِيل (kiril), سِيرِيل (siril),
• Armenian: Կյուրեղ (Kyureġ)
• Belarusian: Кіры́л m (Kirýl)
• Bulgarian: Кири́л m (Kiríl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 西里爾 (Xīlǐ'ěr), 西里尔 (Xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾 (Jīlǐ'ěr), 基里尔 (Jīlǐ'ěr)

• French: Cyrille (fr), Cyril (fr)
• Georgian: კირილე (ḳirile)
• Greek: Κύριλλος (el) m (Kýrillos)
• Italian: Cirillo (it) m
• Japanese: キリル (Kiriru), シリル (Shiriru)
• Korean: 키릴 (Kiril), 시릴 (Siril)
• Latvian: Kirils m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Lithuanian: Kirilas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Кирил (mk) m (Kiril)
• Maltese: Ċirillu m
• Polish: Cyryl (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cirilo m
• Russian: Кири́лл (ru) m (Kiríll), Си́рил (ru) m (Síril)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Кирил m

  Roman: Kiril m

• Skolt Sami: Ǩiurrâl
• Slovak: Cyril m
• Ukrainian: Кири́ло m (Kyrýlo)

Kirill — see Kirill

See also

• Cyrillus
• Cyryl
• Kiril
• Kirill
• Kiryl
• Kyrill
• Kyril
• Kyrylo

Anagrams

• lyric

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Czech

Proper noun

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, cognate to Cyril.

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French

Proper noun

Cyril ?

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name, variant of Cyrille.

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Slovak

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos).

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡siriɫ/

Proper noun

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) a male given name.

Declension

Declension of Cyril

	singular	plural
nominative	Cyril	Cyrilovia
genitive	Cyrila	Cyrilov
dative	Cyrilovi	Cyrilom
accusative	Cyrila	Cyrilov
locative	Cyrilovi	Cyriloch
instrumental	Cyrilom	Cyrilmi

Derived terms

• Cyro
• Cyrilko
• Cyrko
• Cyruško

External links

• “Cyril”, 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, 2024