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cyrillic | cyrillization |

As an adjective cyrillic

is denoting an alphabet devised for writing the old church slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of eastern europe and asia; of or relating to this writing system.

As a proper noun cyrillic

is the cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

As a noun cyrillization is

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cyrillic

English

Adjective

  • Denoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Cyrillic alphabet or writing system.

    • Synonyms

    * Cyrillic alphabet * Cyrillic script

    See also

    * * English eponyms

    cyrillization

    English

    (wikipedia Cyrillization)

    Alternative forms

    * Cyrillicization, Cyrillisation, cyrillization

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The transliteration of text into the Cyrillic alphabet.
  • The adoption of the Cyrillic alphabet for a language's writing system.
  • * 1998 , Avraham Greenbaum, “Yiddish Language Politics in the Ukraine, 1930–1936”, in Dov-Ber Kerler (editor), Politics of Yiddish: Studies in Language, Literature & Society , Rowman Altamira, ISBN 978-0-7619-9025-3, page 25,
    • As far as I know, Cyrillization of Yiddish was never suggested by anyone.