denoting the alphabet used by many Slavic peoples, chiefly those with a historical allegiance to the Orthodox Church. Ultimately derived from Greek uncials, it is now used for Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages.
西里尔字母的(主要由历史上皈依于东正教的斯拉夫民族使用,源自希腊安色尔字母,现用于俄语、保加利亚语、塞尔维亚语、乌克兰语和某些其他斯拉夫语)。
the Cyrillic alphabet
西里尔字母。
"early 19th cent.: named after St