ܣܪܛܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܪ ܛ (s r ṭ) |
| 6 terms |
Inherited 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 (karkĭ́nos) or Arabic.
Pronunciation
- (Standard) IPA(key): [sar.tˤɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ • (sarṭānā) m sg (plural ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹܐ (sarṭānē))
- crab (crustacean found chiefly on seashores)
- ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹܐ ܒܚܝܼܙܵܐ ܒܸܪܚܵܫܵܐ ܠܝܵܡܵܐ.
- sarṭānē b-ḥīzā birḥāšā l-yāmā.
- Crabs in the sand crawling to the sea.
- (pathology) cancer, carcinoma (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
- Synonym: ܬܲܠܗܵܝܵܐ (talhāyā)
- ܡܕ݂ܝܼܢ݇ܬܲܢ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܘܼܚܵܡܹ̈ܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܠܘܵܬ݂ ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ ܕܓܸܠܕܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܐܲܬ݂ܪܵܐ.
- mḏītan īṯ lāh pūḥāmē ˁillāyē lwāṯ sarṭānā d-gildā gaw aṯrā.
- Our city has the highest rate of skin cancer in the country.
Usage notes
- (cancer): The disease is usually referred to more fully as ܡܲܪܥܵܐ ܕܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (marˁā d-sarṭānā, literally “The disease of cancer”).
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܲܪܛܵܢ (sarṭān) | 1st person | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܝܼ (sarṭānī) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܲܢ (sarṭānan) | |||
| construct | ܣܲܪܛܵܢ (sarṭān) | 2nd person | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (sarṭānōḵ) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (sarṭānāḵ) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sarṭānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) | 3rd person | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܹܗ (sarṭānēh) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܗ̇ (sarṭānāh) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܗܘܿܢ (sarṭānhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܝܼܢ (sarṭānīn) | 1st person | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܝܼ (sarṭānī) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܢ (sarṭānan) | |||
| construct | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܝ (sarṭānay) | 2nd person | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (sarṭānōḵ) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (sarṭānāḵ) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sarṭānawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹܐ (sarṭānē) | 3rd person | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܼܗܝ (sarṭānūh) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܼܗ̇ (sarṭānōh) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܝܗܘܿܢ (sarṭānayhōn) | |||
Proper noun
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ • (sarṭānā) m
Coordinate terms
| Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic · ܡܲܠܘܵܫܹ̈ܐ (malwāšē) (layout · text) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) |
ܬܲܘܪܵܐ (tawrā) |
ܬܐܵܡܹ̈ܐ (tˀāmē) |
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) | ||||||||
ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) |
ܒܬ݂ܘܼܠܬܵܐ (bṯultā) |
ܡܲܣܵܐ̈ܬ݂ܵܐ (massāṯā) |
ܥܲܩܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ˁaqrḇā) | ||||||||
ܩܲܫܵܬ݂ܵܐ (qaššāṯā) |
ܓܲܕ݂ܝܵܐ (gaḏyā) |
ܕܲܘܠܵܐ (dawlā) |
ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nūnē) | ||||||||
Classical Syriac
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the root ܣ ܪ ܛ related to scratching. Compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sarṭān). The second definition is a semantic loan from Arabic or Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [sartˤɑnɑ] (singular)
- IPA(key): [sartˤɑne] (plural)
Noun
ܣܪܛܢܐ • (sarṭānā) m (plural ܣܪܛܢܐ)
Inflection
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | m | f | |||||
| singular | absolute | ܣܪܛܢ | 1st person | ܣܪܛܢܝ | ܣܪܛܢܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܪܛܢ | 2nd person | ܣܪܛܢܟ | ܣܪܛܢܟܝ | ܣܪܛܢܟܘܢ | ܣܪܛܢܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܪܛܢܐ | 3rd person | ܣܪܛܢܗ | ܣܪܛܢܗ | ܣܪܛܢܗܘܢ | ܣܪܛܢܗܝܢ | ||
| plural | absolute | ܣܪܛܢܝܢ | 1st person | ܣܪܛܢܝ | ܣܪܛܢܝܢ | |||
| construct | ܣܪܛܢܝ | 2nd person | ܣܪܛܢܝܟ | ܣܪܛܢܝܟܝ | ܣܪܛܢܝܟܘܢ | ܣܪܛܢܝܟܝܢ | ||
| emphatic | ܣܪܛܢܐ | 3rd person | ܣܪܛܢܘܗܝ | ܣܪܛܢܝܗ | ܣܪܛܢܝܗܘܢ | ܣܪܛܢܝܗܝܢ | ||
Proper noun
ܣܪܛܢܐ • (sarṭānā) m
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, page 237b
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 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, →ISBN, page 1046a