ܣܪܛܢܐ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

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Etymology

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Root
ܣ ܪ ܛ (s r ṭ)
3 terms
ܣܪܛܢܐ

From Aramaic סַרְטָנָא (sarṭānā); compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sartán). The sense of “cancer (disease)” is either a semantic loan from Ancient Greek καρκῐ́νος (karkínos) or Arabic.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānām sg (plural ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹܐ (sarṭānē))

  1. crab (crustacean found chiefly on seashores)
    ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹܐ ܒܚܝܼܙܵܐ ܒܸܪܚܵܫܵܐ ܠܝܵܡܵܐ.
    sarṭānē b-ḥīzā birḥāšā l-yāmā.
    Crabs in the sand crawling to the sea.
  2. (pathology) cancer, carcinoma (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
    Synonym: ܬܲܠܗܵܝܵܐ (talhāyā)
    ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܲܢ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܘܼܚܵܡܹ̈ܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܠܘܵܬ݂ ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ ܕܓܸܠܕܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ.
    mḏītan īṯ lāh pūḥāmē ˁillāyē lwāṯ sarṭānā d-gildā gāw aṯrā.
    Our city has the highest rate of skin cancer in the country.

Usage notes

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Inflection

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    Inflection of ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā)
number isolated forms with possessive pronouns
state form person singular plural
m f
singular absolute 1st person ܣܲܪܛܵܢܝܼ
(sarṭānī)
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܲܢ
(sarṭānan)
construct ܣܲܪܛܵܢ
(sarṭān)
2nd person ܣܲܪܛܵܢܘܼܟ݂
(sarṭānūḵ)
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ
(sarṭānāḵ)
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(sarṭānāwḵōn)
emphatic ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ
(sarṭānā)
3rd person ܣܲܪܛܵܢܹܗ
(sarṭānēh)
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܗ̇
(sarṭānāh)
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܗܘܿܢ
(sarṭānhōn)
plural absolute 1st person ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܝܼ
(sarṭānī)
ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܢ
(sarṭānan)
construct ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܝ
(sarṭānay)
2nd person ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܼܟ݂
(sarṭānūḵ)
ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ
(sarṭānāḵ)
ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ
(sarṭānāwḵōn)
emphatic ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹܐ
(sarṭānē)
3rd person ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܼܗܝ
(sarṭānūh)
ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܿܗ̇
(sarṭānōh)
ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܗܘܿܢ
(sarṭānhōn)

Proper noun

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ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānām

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

See also

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From the root ܣ-ܪ-ܛ (s-r-ṭ) related to scratching. Compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sarṭān). The second definition is a semantic loan from Arabic or Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānām (plural ܣܪܛܢܐ)

A crab
  1. crab
  2. (pathology) cancer

Inflection

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Proper noun

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ܣܪܛܢܐ (sarṭānām

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

References

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  • 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