סרטן

Hebrew

Etymology
Root
ס־ר־ט־ן‎ (s-r-ṭ-n)

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

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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  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) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. to cancerate, to cause cancer

See also
Zodiac signs in Hebrew (layout · text)
טָלֶה‎ (Talé) שׁוֹר‎ (Shor) תְּאוֹמִים‎ (Te'omim) Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
אַרְיֵה‎ (Aryé) בְּתוּלָה‎ (Betulá) מאזניים‎ (Moznayim) עַקְרָב‎ (Akrav)
קַשָּׁת‎ (Kashat) גְּדִי‎ (Gdi) דְּלִי‎ (Dli) דָּגִים‎ (Dagim)

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