סרטן

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ס־ר־ט־ן (s-r-ṭ-n)

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

Noun

סַרְטָן • (sartán) m (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

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

Derived terms

• סַרְטַן־יָם
• סַרְטַן הַדָּם
• סרטן הנהרות m

Proper noun

סַרְטָן • (sartán) m

1. Cancer

Verb

סִרְטֵן • (sirtén) (pi'el construction)

1. to cancerate, to cause cancer

Anagrams

• סנטר