Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

Root
ס־ר־ט־ן (s-r-ṭ-n)

Compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Classical Syriac ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā).

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

סַרְטָן (sartánm (plural indefinite סַרְטָנִים, singular construct סַרְטַן־, plural construct סַרְטְנֵי־)

  1. Cancer: a disease in which cells proliferate out of control.
  2. A crab: a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura.

Usage notes edit

  • (cancer): The disease is sometimes referred to more fully as מַחֲלַת־הַסַּרְטָן (makhalát-hasartán, the cancer disease).

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Proper noun edit

סַרְטָן (sartánm

  1. (astronomy) Cancer (a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab)
  2. (astrology) Cancer (the zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology))

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Verb edit

סִרְטֵן (sirtén) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. to cancerate, to cause cancer

Conjugation edit

See also edit

Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
       
טָלֶה (Talé) שׁוֹר (Shor) תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim) סַרְטָן (Sartan)
       
אַרְיֵה (Aryé) בְּתוּלָה (Betulá) מאזניים (Moznayim) עַקְרָב (Akrav)
       
קַשָּׁת (Kashat) גְּדִי (Gdi) דְּלִי (Dli) דָּגִים (Dagim)

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