Cyrillic Definition

sə-rĭlĭk
adjective
Designating or of the Slavic alphabet traditionally attributed to Saint Cyril, 9th cent. apostle to the Slavs: in modified form, it is still used in Russia, Bulgaria, and other Slavic countries.
Webster's New World
pronoun
The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.
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Origin of Cyrillic

  • From the name Cyril < Greek Κύριλλος (Kýrillos) + -ic (“adjectival suffix”). Named after Saint Cyril, who devised a predecessor to Cyrillic script, the Glagolitic alphabet.

    From Wiktionary

  • Invention incorrectly attributed to Saint Cyril

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Cyrillic Sentence Examples

  • The plain white cross, suspended from the Bulgarian crown, bears the name of the patron saint in old Cyrillic letters in the centre.

  • In all these matters Glagolitic differs very little from Cyrillic; it has only one symbol for ja (ya) and e because both in this dialect were pronounced the same.

  • So long as the Rumanians were spiritually united with the other Orthodox nations, and so long as they used the Slavonic or Cyrillic alphabet, they would practically be cut off from the Latin West.

  • Faux Cyrillic writing is the Russian style of writing.

  • This fond can be used to write Arabic, Cyrillic, Greek, Hebrew, and Vietnamese scripts.

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