Cyril
English edit
Etymology edit
Via Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios, “lord, master”).
Pronunciation edit
- enPR: sĭr-əl IPA(key): /ˈsɪɹəl/
- enPR: sīr-əl IPA(key): /ˈsaɪɹəl/ (Philippine, colloquial)
- Rhymes: -ɪɹəl, (Philippines) -aɪɹəl
Proper noun edit
Cyril
- 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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Translations edit
male given name
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Kirill — see Kirill
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Etymology edit
From English Cyril, from Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos), from κύριος (kúrios).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Cy‧ril
Proper noun edit
Cyril
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cyril
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
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Cyril m anim
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cyril
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Cyril m
- 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)
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cyril
Declension edit
Declension of 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