Classical Syriac edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the root ܣ-ܪ-ܛ (s-r-ṭ) related to scratching. Compare Arabic شَرْط (šarṭ) and Hebrew שֶׂרֶט (śéreṭ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɛrtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sɛrtˤe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܪܛܐ (serṭām (plural ܣܪܛܐ (serṭē))

  1. line, dash
  2. scratch, gash
  3. (orthography) letter, character, tittle
Inflection edit

Proper noun edit

ܣܪܛܐ (serṭām

  1. (orthography) Serto script

Etymology 2 edit

From the root ܣ-ܪ-ܛ (s-r-ṭ) related to scratching.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [s(ə)rɑtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [s(ə)rɑtˤe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܪܛܐ (srāṭām (plural ܣܪܛܐ (srāṭē))

  1. incision
  2. writing
Inflection edit

Etymology 3 edit

From the root ܣ-ܪ-ܛ (s-r-ṭ) related to scratching.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sɑrtˤɑ], [sarrɑtˤɑ] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sɑrtˤe], [sarrɑtˤe] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܪܛܐ (sārṭā, sarrāṭām (plural ܣܪܛܐ (sārṭē, sarrāṭē))

  1. limner, drawer
  2. designer
Inflection edit

References edit

  • srṭ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • srṭ2”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • srṭ3”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 237b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 391b
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1046a