Cyril

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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.

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Translations

Kirill — see Kirill

See also

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Cy‧ril
  • IPA(key): /ˈsajɾil/, (colloquial, nonstandard)

Proper noun

Cyril

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

Czech

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Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cyril m anim

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

Declension

Declension of Cyril (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Cyril Cyrilové
genitive Cyrila Cyrilů
dative Cyrilovi Cyrilům
accusative Cyrila Cyrily
vocative Cyrile Cyrilové
locative Cyrilovi Cyrilech
instrumental Cyrilem Cyrily

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si.ʁil/
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Proper noun

Cyril m

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

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

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

Further reading

  • “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
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