Syriac Definition

sîrē-ăk
noun
An Aramaic dialect that became the literary and liturgical language of the ancient Syrian Christian churches.
Webster's New World
Any of several modern Aramaic languages spoken by Eastern Christian communities of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran and by immigrants from these communities elsewhere.
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Other Word Forms of Syriac

Noun

Singular:
Syriac
Plural:
syriacs

Syriac Sentence Examples

  • Syriac and Armenian versions were made in the 5th century.

  • He edited the Didascalia apostolorum syriace (1854), and other Syriac texts collected in the British Museum and in Paris.

  • He early developed a gift for languages, becoming familiar not only with Latin and Greek but also with Hebrew, Syriac, Persian, Turkish and other Eastern tongues.

  • The Leyden Syriac is supplemented with literal extracts from the latter, and the whole is presented as his work.

  • The same cause may account for the somewhat slovenly Syriac style.

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Words Starting With

SSYSYR

Words Ending With

CACIAC

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Syriac

Words Starting With S and Ending With C

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With C