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href="https://www.definify.com/word/liturgical" title="liturgical" id="mwIA">liturgical</a> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/language" title="language" id="mwIQ">language</a>, and its adaptations used for several languages of <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe" id="mwIg">Eastern Europe</a> and <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Asia" title="Asia" id="mwIw">Asia</a>; of or relating to this writing system.</li></ol> <h4 id="mwJA">Translations</h4> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-of_or_pertaining_to_Cyrillic"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left; ">of or pertaining to Cyrillic</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="translations" style="width:100%;" data-gloss="of or pertaining to Cyrillic"><tbody><tr> <td class="translations-cell" style="background-color:#ffffe0; vertical-align:top; width:48%; text-align:left; "> <ul> <li> Arabic: سِرِيلِيّ ‎(sirīliyy) </li> <li> Bulgarian: кири́лски ‎(kirílski), кири́лов ‎(kirílov), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="азбучен">а́збучен</a> ‎(ázbučen) </li> <li> Catalan: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cir%C3%ADl%C2%B7lic" title="ciríl·lic">ciríl·lic</a> </li> <li> Chinese: <dl><dd> Mandarin: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E8%A5%BF%E8%A3%A1%E7%88%BE" title="西裡爾">西裡爾</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E8%A5%BF%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94" title="西里尔">西里尔</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94" title="zh:西里尔" class="external">(zh)</a> ‎(xīlǐ'ěr) </dd></dl> </li> <li> Esperanto: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cirila" title="cirila">cirila</a> </li> <li> Finnish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/kyrillinen" title="kyrillinen">kyrillinen</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kyrillinen" title="fi:kyrillinen" class="external">(fi)</a> </li> <li> French: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cyrillique" title="cyrillique">cyrillique</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cyrillique" title="fr:cyrillique" class="external">(fr)</a> </li> <li> German: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/kyrillisch" title="kyrillisch">kyrillisch</a> <a href="https://de.wiktionary.org/wiki/kyrillisch" title="de:kyrillisch" class="external">(de)</a> </li> <li> Greek: κυριλλικός <a href="https://el.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82" title="el:κυριλλικός" class="external">(el)</a> ‎(kyrillikós) </li> <li> Hungarian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cirill" title="cirill">cirill</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/cirill" title="hu:cirill" class="external">(hu)</a> </li> </ul> </td> <td style="width:1%; "></td> <td class="translations-cell" style="background-color:#ffffe0; vertical-align:top; text-align:left; width:48%; "> <ul> <li> Irish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Coireallach" title="Coireallach">Coireallach</a> </li> <li> Italian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cirillico" title="cirillico">cirillico</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/cirillico" title="it:cirillico" class="external">(it)</a> </li> <li> Japanese: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB" title="キリル">キリル</a> ‎(kiriru) </li> <li> Macedonian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="кириличен">кири́личен</a> ‎(kiríličen), ки́рилски ‎(kírilski) </li> <li> Manx: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Kyrillagh" title="Kyrillagh">Kyrillagh</a> </li> <li> Portuguese: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cir%C3%ADlico" title="cirílico">cirílico</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cir%C3%ADlico" title="pt:cirílico" class="external">(pt)</a> </li> <li> Russian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="кириллический">кирилли́ческий</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="ru:кириллический" class="external">(ru)</a> ‎(kirillíčeskij), а́збучный <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9" title="ru:азбучный" class="external">(ru)</a> ‎(ázbučnyj) </li> <li> Serbo-Croatian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%C4%87irili%C4%8Dki" title="ćirilički">ćirìličkī</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%87irili%C4%8Dki" title="sh:ćirilički" class="external">(sh)</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%C4%87irilski" title="ćirilski">ćìrilskī</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%87irilski" title="sh:ćirilski" class="external">(sh)</a> </li> <li> Spanish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cir%C3%ADlico" title="cirílico">cirílico</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cir%C3%ADlico" title="es:cirílico" class="external">(es)</a> </li> <li> Ukrainian: кирили́чний ‎(kyrylýčnyj), а́збучний <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="uk:азбучний" class="external">(uk)</a> ‎(ázbučnyj) </li> </ul> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <h3 id="mwJQ">Proper noun</h3> Cyrillic <ol id="mwKQ"><li id="mwKg"> The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.</li></ol> <h4 id="mwKw">Synonyms</h4> <ul id="mwLA"> <li id="mwLQ"> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Cyrillic_alphabet" title="Cyrillic alphabet">Cyrillic alphabet</a> </li> <li id="mwLw"> Cyrillic script </li> </ul> <h4 id="mwMQ">Translations</h4> <div class="NavFrame" id="Translations-a_script_or_alphabet"> <div class="NavHead" style="text-align:left; ">a script or alphabet</div> <div class="NavContent"> <table class="translations" style="width:100%;" data-gloss="a script or alphabet"><tbody><tr> <td class="translations-cell" style="background-color:#ffffe0; vertical-align:top; width:48%; text-align:left; "> <ul> <li> Afrikaans: cyrilliese alfabet </li> <li> Arabic: كِيرِيلِيَّة <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kīrīliyya), سِرِيلِيَّة <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(sirīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة كِيرِيلِيَّة ‎(ʾabjadiyya kīrīliyya), أَبْجَدِيَّة سِرِيلِيَّة ‎(ʾabjadiyya sirīliyya) </li> <li> Armenian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D5%AF%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB%D6%81%D5%A1" title="կիրիլիցա">կիրիլիցա</a> ‎(kirilicʿa) </li> <li> Azeri: Kiril əlifbası </li> <li> Belarusian: кіры́ліца <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kirýlica), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="азбука">а́збука</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(ázbuka) </li> <li> Bulgarian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="кирилица">кири́лица</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="bg:кирилица" class="external">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kirílica), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="азбука">а́збука</a> <a href="https://bg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="bg:азбука" class="external">(bg)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(ázbuka) </li> <li> Catalan: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cir%C3%ADl%C2%B7lic" title="ciríl·lic">ciríl·lic</a> </li> <li> Chinese: <dl><dd> Mandarin: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E8%A5%BF%E8%A3%A1%E7%88%BE%E5%AD%97%E6%AF%8D" title="西裡爾字母">西裡爾字母</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E8%A5%BF%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94%E5%AD%97%E6%AF%8D" title="西里尔字母">西里尔字母</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94%E5%AD%97%E6%AF%8D" title="zh:西里尔字母" class="external">(zh)</a> ‎(Xīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E8%A5%BF%E8%A3%A1%E7%88%BE" title="西裡爾">西裡爾</a>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E8%A5%BF%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94" title="西里尔">西里尔</a> <a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%87%8C%E5%B0%94" title="zh:西里尔" class="external">(zh)</a> ‎(Xīlǐ'ěr), 基里爾字母, 基里尔字母 ‎(Jīlǐ'ěr zìmǔ) </dd></dl> </li> <li> Czech: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cyrilice" title="cyrilice">cyrilice</a> <a href="https://cs.wiktionary.org/wiki/cyrilice" title="cs:cyrilice" class="external">(cs)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </li> <li> Dutch: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cyrillisch" title="cyrillisch">cyrillisch</a> <a href="https://nl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cyrillisch" title="nl:cyrillisch" class="external">(nl)</a> </li> <li> Estonian: kirillitsa <a href="https://et.wiktionary.org/wiki/kirillitsa" title="et:kirillitsa" class="external">(et)</a> </li> <li> Finnish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/kyrillinen" title="kyrillinen">kyrillinen</a> <a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/kyrillinen" title="fi:kyrillinen" class="external">(fi)</a> </li> <li> French: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cyrillique" title="cyrillique">cyrillique</a> <a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/cyrillique" title="fr:cyrillique" class="external">(fr)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> </li> <li> Georgian: კირილიცა ‎(ḳirilica) </li> <li> German: Kyrillisch <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> </li> <li> Greek: κυριλλιακόν <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> ‎(kyrilliakón), κυριλλικό <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%B2%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%BF" title="αλφάβητο">αλφάβητο</a> <abbr title="neuter gender">n</abbr> ‎(kyrillikó alfávito) </li> <li> Hebrew: קירילית <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kirilít) </li> <li> Hindi: सिरिलिक ‎(sirilik) </li> <li> Hungarian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cirill" title="cirill">cirill</a> <a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/cirill" title="hu:cirill" class="external">(hu)</a> </li> <li> Indonesian: (please verify)Kiril, (please verify)Sirilik </li> <li> Irish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/aib%C3%ADtir" title="aibítir">aibítir</a> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Coireallach" title="Coireallach">Choireallach</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </li> <li> Italian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cirillico" title="cirillico">cirillico</a> <a href="https://it.wiktionary.org/wiki/cirillico" title="it:cirillico" class="external">(it)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> </li> <li> Japanese: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97" title="キリル文字">キリル文字</a> <a href="https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97" title="ja:キリル文字" class="external">(ja)</a> ‎(Kiriru moji), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AB" title="キリル">キリル</a> ‎(Kiriru) </li> <li> Kazakh: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="кириллица">кириллица</a> ‎(kïrïllïca) </li> </ul> </td> <td style="width:1%; "></td> <td class="translations-cell" style="background-color:#ffffe0; vertical-align:top; text-align:left; width:48%; "> <ul> <li> Korean: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%ED%82%A4%EB%A6%B4_%EB%AC%B8%EC%9E%90" title="키릴 문자">키릴 문자</a> ‎(Kiril munja) </li> <li> Kyrgyz: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="кириллица">кириллица</a> ‎(kirillitsa) </li> <li> Latvian: kirilica <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </li> <li> Lithuanian: kirilica <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </li> <li> Macedonian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="кирилица">кири́лица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kirílica), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="азбука">а́збука</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(ázbuka) </li> <li> Manx: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Kyrillagh" title="Kyrillagh">Kyrillagh</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> </li> <li> Mongolian: кирилл үсэг ‎(kirill üseg) </li> <li> Old Church Slavonic: <dl><dd> Cyrillic: кѵрїлловица <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kürillovica) </dd></dl> </li> <li> Persian: سیریلیک ‎(sirilik), الفبای سیریلیک ‎(alefbâ-ye sirilik) </li> <li> Polish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cyrylica" title="cyrylica">cyrylica</a> <a href="https://pl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cyrylica" title="pl:cyrylica" class="external">(pl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </li> <li> Portuguese: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cir%C3%ADlico" title="cirílico">cirílico</a> <a href="https://pt.wiktionary.org/wiki/cir%C3%ADlico" title="pt:cirílico" class="external">(pt)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> </li> <li> Russian: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="кириллица">кири́ллица</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="ru:кириллица" class="external">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kiríllica), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="азбука">а́збука</a> <a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="ru:азбука" class="external">(ru)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(ázbuka) </li> <li> Rusyn: кірі́ліця <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kirílicja), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="азбука">а́збука</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(ázbuka) </li> <li> Serbo-Croatian: <dl> <dd> Cyrillic: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D1%9B%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="ћирилица">ћирѝлица</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="азбука">азбука</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </dd> <dd> Roman: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%C4%87irilica" title="ćirilica">ćirìlica</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%87irilica" title="sh:ćirilica" class="external">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr>, <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/azbuka" title="azbuka">azbuka</a> <a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/azbuka" title="sh:azbuka" class="external">(sh)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> Slovak: cyrilika <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </li> <li> Slovene: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cirilica" title="cirilica">cirilica</a> <a href="https://sl.wiktionary.org/wiki/cirilica" title="sl:cirilica" class="external">(sl)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> </li> <li> Spanish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/cir%C3%ADlico" title="cirílico">cirílico</a> <a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/cir%C3%ADlico" title="es:cirílico" class="external">(es)</a> <abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr> </li> <li> Swedish: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/kyrillisk" title="kyrillisk">kyrillisk</a> <a href="https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/kyrillisk" title="sv:kyrillisk" class="external">(sv)</a> <abbr title="common gender">c</abbr> </li> <li> Tajik: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D3%A3" title="кирилликӣ">кирилликӣ</a> <a href="https://tg.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D3%A3" title="tg:кирилликӣ" class="external">(tg)</a> ‎(kirillikī), алифбои кирилликӣ ‎(alifboyi kirillikī) </li> <li> Tatar: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0" title="кириллица">кириллица</a> ‎(kirillitsa) </li> <li> Thai: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%A3" title="อักษร">อักษร</a><a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81" title="ซีริลลิก">ซีริลลิก</a> ‎(àk-sɔ̌ɔn sii-ril-lìk), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81" title="ซีริลลิก">ซีริลลิก</a> ‎(sii-ril-lìk) </li> <li> Turkish: Kiril <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kiril" title="tr:Kiril" class="external">(tr)</a>, Kiril alfabesi <a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/Kiril%20alfabesi" title="tr:Kiril alfabesi" class="external">(tr)</a> </li> <li> Ukrainian: кири́лиця <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%8F" title="uk:кирилиця" class="external">(uk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(kyrýlycja), <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="азбука">а́збука</a> <a href="https://uk.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="uk:азбука" class="external">(uk)</a> <abbr title="feminine gender">f</abbr> ‎(ázbuka) </li> <li> Uzbek: kirillitsa </li> <li> Vietnamese: <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/ch%E1%BB%AF" title="chữ">chữ</a> Kirin </li> </ul> </td> </tr></tbody></table> </div> </div> <h3 id="mwMg">See also</h3> <ul id="mwMw"> <li id="mwNA"> Appendix:Cyrillic script</li> <li id="mwNg"> Appendix:Old Cyrillic alphabet</li> </ul> <div></div>  </div></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 blog-sidebar"> <div class="sidebar-module"> <div class="wmx-right-panel"> <h3 id="mwAw">Etymology</h3> From the name <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Cyril" title="Cyril">Cyril</a> +‎ <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/-ic" title="-ic">-ic</a>, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late%20Latin" title="w:Late Latin" class="external">Late Latin</a> Cȳrillus, from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20Greek%20language" title="w:Ancient Greek language" class="external">Ancient Greek</a> <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/%CE%9A%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Κύριλλος">Κῡ́ρῐλλος</a> ‎(Kū́rillos). Named after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saints%20Cyril%20and%20Methodius" title="wikipedia:Saints Cyril and Methodius" id="mwDg" class="external">Saint Cyril</a>, who devised a predecessor to Cyrillic script, the <a href="https://www.definify.com/word/Glagolitic_alphabet" title="Glagolitic alphabet" id="mwDw">Glagolitic alphabet</a>. <h3 id="mwEA">Pronunciation</h3> <ul id="mwEQ"> <li id="mwEg"> IPA(key): /səˈrɪ.lɪk/ </li> <li id="mwFQ"> Hyphenation: Cy‧ril‧lic </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="sidebar-module"> <h3>Similar Results</h3> <ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="blog-footer"> © 2025 <a href="https://www.definify.com">Definify.com</a> · All rights reserved. <a href="https://www.definify.com/terms#privacy-policy">Privacy</a> · <a href="https://www.definify.com/about">About</a> · <a href="https://www.definify.com/terms">Terms</a> </footer>   <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="https://www.definify.com/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>  <script src="https://www.definify.com/js/ie10-viewport-bug-workaround.js"></script> <script src="https://www.definify.com/js/typeahead.bundle.js"></script> <script src="https://www.definify.com/js/auto-complete.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> var _paq = _paq || []; _paq.push(['trackPageView']); _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking', true]); _paq.push(['unloadCleanup']); (function() { var u="/status/"; _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']); _paq.push(['setSiteId', '4']); var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s); })(); </script> <noscript><img src="/status/piwik.php?action_name=nsrc_img&idsite=4&rec=1&bots=1" style="border:0" alt="" /></noscript> </body> </html>