סרטן

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ס־ר־ט־ן‎

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
Root
ס־ר־ט־ן‎

סִרְטֵן • (sirtén) (pi'el construction)

  1. to cancerate, to cause cancer

Anagrams
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