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syriac

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for syriac.

Editorial note

Did not Muslim Scholars originally get the texts from Nestorian and Syriac Christians in the Middle East?

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Quick take

An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of syriac gathered in one view.

noun

An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:

noun

The liturgical language of various churches with roots in the Middle East.

noun

The language of the kingdom of Osroene.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for syriac.

noun

An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:

noun

The liturgical language of various churches with roots in the Middle East.

noun

The language of the kingdom of Osroene.

noun

A member of any of the Syriac churches, but especially the Syriac Orthodox Church and Syriac Catholic Church.

Example sentences

1

Did not Muslim Scholars originally get the texts from Nestorian and Syriac Christians in the Middle East?

2

Interesting, it was armenians first, but then Greek Orthodox people, Assyrians and Syriac Christian are also added to list huh?

3

Jabra Ibrahim Jabra, a Syriac Orthdoox Palestniain refugee/expat, was a fairly large art collector, perhaps the largest in Iraq from what is said.

4

There are evidences that Matthew wasn't written in Koine but Syriac and that significant fragments of the Gospels (which is what is quoted) are translation from Aramaic.

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The Syriac church has existed in Kerala for as long as Christianity and they do things their own way > Christian kingdoms in the East threw-out the middle ages.

6

Cats as (Arab/syriac) guest demon/god of algebra?

7

While Armenians bore the brunt of the Ottoman brutality, there were Assyrian, Syriac and Orthodox Greek massacares/genocides too but for some reason these are much less known and rarely talked about.

8

We constantly hear that European colonization was due to Christianity and yet that cannot account for the treatment of the Syriac Christians of Kerala by the European colonists supposedly driven by Christianity.

9

Egypt than in Europe, and Buringh mentions that some of the Greek works translated by Muslims in the 8th century were in fact written on papyrus: >Muslim scholars and scribes translated Greek and Syriac rolls and manuscripts originally copied on parchment and papyrus into Arabic and transcribed them on sheets of paper that were afterwards bound into books.

Quote examples

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The Aramaic (Syriac actually) word you are looking for is "Kriyana" ('reading the scriptures' or 'lesson').

2

They also have their own country, unlike the Syriac-speaking people (that includes "Assyrians").

3

> The Aramaic (Syriac actually) word you are looking for is "Kriyana" ('reading the scriptures' or 'lesson').

4

He argues the Quran's crucifixion pericope is in "close conversation" with the New Testament and the Syriac topos of the risen Christ acting as an apocalyptic witness against his murderers, not in opposition.

Proper noun examples

1

Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic, continues to be used in many Eastern churches as well, again Catholic and Orthodox both.

2

To me these names are as Arameans/Syriac or Assyrian Christian as they are Jewish, early Christianity takes a lot from Judaism.

3

I hope they recognize the stete of Assyrians, aramiac/Syriac, Chaldeans, Yizdi and every other indigenous nation in the middle east.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use syriac in a sentence?

Did not Muslim Scholars originally get the texts from Nestorian and Syriac Christians in the Middle East?

What does syriac mean?

An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically:

What part of speech is syriac?

syriac is commonly used as noun.