Assyrian Neo-Aramaic edit

 
ܣܪܛܢܐ

Etymology edit

Root
ܣ ܪ ܛ (s r ṭ)
1 term

From Aramaic סַרְטָנָא (sarṭānā); compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sartán).

Pronunciation edit

  • (standard) IPA(key): [sar.tˤɑːnɑː]

Noun edit

ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānām sg (plural ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹ̈ܐ (sarṭānē), feminine ܣܲܪܛܵܢܬܵܐ (sarṭāntā))

  1. crab (crustacean found chiefly on seashores)
  2. (pathology) cancer, carcinoma (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
    ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܲܢ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܘܼܚܵܡܹ̈ܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܠܘܵܬ ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ ܕܓܸܠܕܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܐܲܬܪܵܐ.
    mdītan īt lāh pūḥāmē ˁillāyē lwāt sarṭānā d-gildā gāw d-awa atrā.
    Our city has the highest rate of skin cancer in the country.

Inflection edit

Proper noun edit

ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānām

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Cancer (constellation and zodiac sign)

See also edit

Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text)
       
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀōmē) ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā)
       
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā)
       
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē)

Classical Syriac edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the root ܣ-ܪ-ܛ (s-r-ṭ) related to scratching. Compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sarṭān).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [sartˤɑnɑ(ʔ)] (singular)
  • IPA(key): [sartˤɑne(ʔ)] (plural)

Noun edit

ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānām (plural ܣܪܛܢܐ)

  1. crab
  2. (pathology) cancer

Inflection edit

Proper noun edit

ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānām

  1. (astrology, astronomy) Cancer (constellation and zodiac sign)

References edit

  • srṭn”, 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, p. 237b
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 1046a