Κύριλλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῡ́ριος (kū́rios, “lord”) or Κῦρος (Kûros, “Cyrus”) +‎ -ιλλος (-illos, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.ril.los/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ril.los/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ril.los/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.los/

Proper noun

Κῡ́ριλλος • (Kū́rillos) m (genitive Κῡρίλλου); second declension

a male given name, equivalent to English Cyril

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Κῡ́ριλλος; τοῦ Κῡρίλλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κῡ́ριλλος ho Kū́rillos
Genitive	τοῦ Κῡρίλλου toû Kūríllou
Dative	τῷ Κῡρίλλῳ tōî Kūríllōi
Accusative	τὸν Κῡ́ριλλον tòn Kū́rillon
Vocative	Κῡ́ριλλε Kū́rille
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

Greek: Κύριλλος (Kýrillos)
→ Akkadian: 𒆪𒊒𒅋𒇻𒇒𒋢 (ku-ru-il-lu-su)
→ Arabic: كِيرُلُس (kīrulus)
→ Old Armenian: Կիւրեղ (Kiwreł)
- Armenian: Կյուրեղ (Kyureġ)
→ Belarusian: Кіры́л (Kirýl)
→ Bulgarian: Ки́рил (Kíril)
→ Georgian: კირილე (ḳirile)
→ German: Kyrill
→ Latin: Cȳrillus
- → Alemannic German: Cyrill
- Corsican: Cirillu
- → Czech: Cyril
- → Dutch: Cyrillus
- → English: Cyril
  - → Cebuano: Cyril
  - → Japanese: シリル (Shiriru)
  - → Korean: 시릴 (Siril)
- French: Cyrille, Cyril
- → Hungarian: Cirill
- Italian: Cirillo
  - → Maltese: Ċirillu
- → Polish: Cyryl
- → Slovak: Cyril
- Portuguese: Cirilo
- Sicilian: Ciriḍḍu
- Spanish: Cirilo
→ Macedonian: Кирил (Kiril)
→ Manx: Kyril
→ Romanian: Chiril
→ Russian: Кири́лл (Kiríll) (see there for further descendants)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Kiril/Кирил
→ Ukrainian: Кири́ло (Kyrýlo)
- → English: Kyrylo

Further reading

Κύριλλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Κύριλλος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈci.ri.los/

Proper noun

Κύριλλος • (Kýrillos) m

a male given name, Kyrillos, equivalent to English Cyril