Skripal

See also: skřípal

English

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Скрипа́ль (Skripálʹ), from Ukrainian скрипаль (skrypalʹ, “violinist, fiddler”).

Proper noun

Skripal (plural Skripals)

  1. A surname from Russian.
    • 2024 October 31, Steven Morris, “Consultant who treated Yulia Skripal ‘gobsmacked’ when she woke up, inquiry hears”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      A hospital consultant who treated Sergei and Yulia Skripal after they were poisoned with the nerve agent novichok was “gobsmacked” when Yulia woke and began trying to get out of bed four days after the attack.
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