ܣܪܛܢܐ

Classical Syriac

Alternative forms

• ܣܘܪܛܢܐ

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ܣܪܛܢܐ • (sarṭānā) m (plural ܣܪܛܢܐ)

1. crab
2. (pathology) cancer

Inflection

    inflection of ܣܪܛܢܐ

state	singular	plural
absolute	ܣܪܛܢ	ܣܪܛܢܝܢ
construct	ܣܪܛܢ	ܣܪܛܢܝ
emphatic	ܣܪܛܢܐ	ܣܪܛܢܐ
possessive forms
1st c. sg. (my)	ܣܪܛܢܝ	ܣܪܛܢܝ
2nd m. sg. (your)	ܣܪܛܢܟ	ܣܪܛܢܝܟ
2nd f. sg. (your)	ܣܪܛܢܟܝ	ܣܪܛܢܝܟܝ
3rd m. sg. (his)	ܣܪܛܢܗ	ܣܪܛܢܘܗܝ
3rd f. sg. (her)	ܣܪܛܢܗ	ܣܪܛܢܝܗ
1st c. pl. (our)	ܣܪܛܢܢ	ܣܪܛܢܝܢ
2nd m. pl. (your)	ܣܪܛܢܟܘܢ	ܣܪܛܢܝܟܘܢ
2nd f. pl. (your)	ܣܪܛܢܟܝܢ	ܣܪܛܢܝܟܝܢ
3rd m. pl. (their)	ܣܪܛܢܗܘܢ	ܣܪܛܢܝܗܘܢ
3rd f. pl. (their)	ܣܪܛܢܗܝܢ	ܣܪܛܢܝܗܝܢ

Proper noun

ܣܪܛܢܐ • (sarṭānā) m

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

References

• “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