Cyril

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English[edit]

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, lord, master).

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Cyril

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
    • 1954, P. G. Wodehouse, Over Seventy: An Autobiography with Digressions, Herbert Jenkins, published 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.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Cebuano: Cyril
  • Japanese: シリル (Shiriru)
  • Korean: 시릴 (Siril)

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Cyril, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Cy‧ril
  • IPA(key): /ˈsiɾil/, [ˈs̪i.ɾ̪ɪl̪]
  • IPA(key): /ˈsajɾil/, [ˈs̪aɪ̯.ɾ̪ɪl̪] (colloquial, nonstandard)

Proper noun[edit]

Cyril

  1. a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Cyril

Czech[edit]

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cyril m anim

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cyril

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /si.ʁil/
  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Cyril m

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Cyrille

Slovak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cyril m anim (genitive singular Cyrila, nominative plural Cyrilovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cyril

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Further reading[edit]

  • 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