סרטן
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Hebrew
Etymology
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| 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־)
- (medicine, oncology, pathology) cancer (a disease in which the cells of a tissue undergo uncontrolled (and often rapid) proliferation)
- crab (a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace)
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
- (astronomy) Cancer (a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab)
- (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
- חוּג הַסַּרְטָן (khúg hasartán)
Verb
סִרְטֵן • (sirtén) (pi'el construction)
Conjugation
Conjugation of סירטן / סִרְטֵן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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| past | first | סירטנתי / סִרְטַנְתִּי | סירטנו / סִרְטַנּוּ | ||
| second | סירטנת / סִרְטַנְתָּ | סירטנת / סִרְטַנְתְּ | סירטנתם / סִרְטַנְתֶּם | סירטנתן / סִרְטַנְתֶּן | |
| third | סירטן / סִרְטֵן | סירטנה / סִרְטְנָה | סירטנו / סִרְטְנוּ | ||
| present | מְסַרְטֵן | מְסַרְטֶנֶת | מְסַרְטְנִים | מְסַרְטְנוֹת | |
| future | first | אֲסַרְטֵן | נְסַרְטֵן | ||
| second | תְּסַרְטֵן | תְּסַרְטְנִי | תְּסַרְטְנוּ | תְּסַרְטֵנָּה1 | |
| third | יְסַרְטֵן | תְּסַרְטֵן | יְסַרְטְנוּ | תְּסַרְטֵנָּה1 | |
| imperative | סַרְטֵן | סַרְטְנִי | סַרְטְנוּ | סַרְטֵנָּה1 | |
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See also
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| טָלֶה (Talé) | שׁוֹר (Shor) | תְּאוֹמִים (Te'omim) | סַרְטָן (Sartan) | ||||||||
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| אַרְיֵה (Aryé) | בְּתוּלָה (Betulá) | מאזניים (Moznayim) | עַקְרָב (Akrav) | ||||||||
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| קַשָּׁת (Kashat) | גְּדִי (Gdi) | דְּלִי (Dli) | דָּגִים (Dagim) | ||||||||