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Syriac

[ seer-ee-ak ]

noun

  1. a form of Aramaic used by various Eastern Churches.


Syriac

/ ˈsɪrɪˌæk /

noun

  1. a dialect of Aramaic spoken in Syria until about the 13th century ad and still in use as a liturgical language of certain Eastern churches
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • pre-Syri·ac adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Syriac1

< Latin Syriacus < Greek Syriakós. See Syria, -ac
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Example Sentences

Not so: there are Christians there too, like the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch.

We owe it neither to the Syriac tongue nor to the Hebrew, a jargon of the Syriac, in which adultery is called niuph.

As an historical fact, however, Hebrew rhymed verse can be traced on the one side to Syriac, on the other to Arabic influences.

Morris tells me the style of his Syriac works is very different from that of his Greek, and the matter much deeper.

He was the last great Syriac writer, though he is important rather as a collector than as an independent writer.

He probably wrote only in Syriac, though he may have possessed some knowledge of Greek and possibly of Hebrew.

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