סרטן

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ס־ר־ט־ן (s-r-ṭ-n)

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

Pronunciation
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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. (astronomy) Cancer (a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab)
  2. (astrology) Cancer (the zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology))

Derived terms

Verb

סִרְטֵן • (sirtén) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. to cancerate, to cause cancer

Conjugation
Conjugation of סירטן / סִרְטֵן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
  • to-infinitive: לְסַרְטֵן
  • action noun: סירטון / סִרְטוּן
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first סירטנתי / סִרְטַנְתִּיסירטנו / סִרְטַנּוּ
second סירטנת / סִרְטַנְתָּסירטנת / סִרְטַנְתְּסירטנתם / סִרְטַנְתֶּםסירטנתן / סִרְטַנְתֶּן
third סירטן / סִרְטֵןסירטנה / סִרְטְנָהסירטנו / סִרְטְנוּ
present מְסַרְטֵןמְסַרְטֶנֶתמְסַרְטְנִיםמְסַרְטְנוֹת
future first אֲסַרְטֵןנְסַרְטֵן
second תְּסַרְטֵןתְּסַרְטְנִיתְּסַרְטְנוּתְּסַרְטֵנָּה1
third יְסַרְטֵןתְּסַרְטֵןיְסַרְטְנוּתְּסַרְטֵנָּה1
imperative סַרְטֵןסַרְטְנִיסַרְטְנוּסַרְטֵנָּה1
notes
  1. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

See also
Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה (Talé) שׁוֹר (Shor) תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim) סַרְטָן (Sartan)
אַרְיֵה (Aryé) בְּתוּלָה (Betulá) מאזניים (Moznayim) עַקְרָב (Akrav)
קַשָּׁת (Kashat) גְּדִי (Gdi) דְּלִי (Dli) דָּגִים (Dagim)

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