ܣܪܛܢܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
ܣܪܛܢܐ
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ܣ ܪ ܛ (s r ṭ) |
| 1 term |
From Aramaic סַרְטָנָא (sarṭānā); compare Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān) and Hebrew סַרְטָן (sartán).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): [sar.tˤɑːnɑː]
Noun
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ • (sarṭānā) m sg (plural ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹ̈ܐ (sarṭānē), feminine ܣܲܪܛܵܢܬܵܐ (sarṭāntā))
- crab (crustacean found chiefly on seashores)
- (pathology) cancer, carcinoma (disease of uncontrolled cellular proliferation)
- ܡܕܝܼܢ݇ܬܲܢ ܐܝܼܬ ܠܵܗ̇ ܦܘܼܚܵܡܹ̈ܐ ܥܸܠܵܝܹ̈ܐ ܠܘܵܬ ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ ܕܓܸܠܕܵܐ ܓܵܘ ܕܗ̇ܘ ܐܲܬܪܵܐ.
- mdītan īt lāh puḥāmē ʿillāyē lwāt sarṭānā d-gildā gāw d-aw atrā.
- Our city has the highest rate of skin cancer in the country.
Inflection
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 (sarṭānuḵ) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (sarṭānāḵ) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sarṭānāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) | 3rd person | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܹܗ (sarṭānēh) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܘܿܗ̇ (sarṭānoh) | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܗܘܿܢ (sarṭānhon) | ||
| plural | absolute | – | 1st person | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܝܼ (sarṭānī) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܢ (sarṭānan) | ||
| construct | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܲܝ (sarṭānay) | 2nd person | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܼܟ݂ (sarṭānuḵ) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܵܟ݂ܝ (sarṭānāḵ) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (sarṭānāwḵon) | ||
| emphatic | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܹܐ (sarṭānē) | 3rd person | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܗܝ (sarṭānwh) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܘܿܗ̇ (sarṭānoh) | ܣܲܪ̈ܛܵܢܗܘܿܢ (sarṭānhon) | ||
Proper noun
ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ • (sarṭānā) m
- (astrology, astronomy) Cancer (constellation and zodiac sign)
See also
| Zodiac signs in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic (layout · text) | |||||||||||
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| ܐܸܡܪܵܐ (imrā) ♈︎ | ܬܵܘܪܵܐ (tāwrā) ♉︎ | ܬܐܘܿܡܹ̈ܐ (tʾomē) ♊︎ | ܣܲܪܛܵܢܵܐ (sarṭānā) ♋︎ | ||||||||
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| ܐܲܪܝܵܐ (aryā) ♌︎ | ܒܬܘܼܠܬܵܐ (btultā) ♍︎ | ܡܲܬܩܵܠܵܐ (matqālā) ♎︎ | ܥܵܩܸܪܒ݂ܵܐ (ʿāqirḇā) ♏︎ | ||||||||
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| ܩܸܫܬܵܐ (qištā) ♐︎ | ܓܲܕܝܵܐ (gadyā) ♑︎ | ܕܵܘܠܵܐ (dāwlā) ♒︎ | ܢܘܼܢܹ̈ܐ (nunē) ♓︎ | ||||||||
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)
- crab
- (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
- (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