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

Proper noun

סַרְטָן • (sartán) m

  1. Cancer

Verb

סִרְטֵן • (sirtén) (pi'el construction)

  1. to cancerate, to cause cancer

See also
Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה‎ (Taleh) ♈︎ שׁוֹר‎ (Shor) ♉︎ תְּאוֹמִים‎ (Te'omim) ♊︎ סַרְטָן (Sartan) ♋︎
אַרְיֵה‎ (Aryeh) ♌︎ בְּתוּלָה‎ (Betulah) ♍︎ מאזניים‎ (Mznm) ♎︎ עַקְרָב‎ (Akrav) ♏︎
קַשָּׁת‎ (Kashat) ♐︎ גְּדִי‎ (Gedi) ♑︎ דְּלִי‎ (Deli) ♒︎ דָּגִים‎ (Dagim) ♓︎

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