Syriac

American  

[seer-ee-ak] / ˈsɪər iˌæk /

noun

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

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Syriac British  

/ 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

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Other Word Forms

• pre-Syriac
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Syriac

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Syriac

Living in the Syriac Quarter near Ashrafieh, Serjian said "we have nowhere else to go, so we'll stay in our home".

From Barron's ● Jan. 7, 2026

In Bab Touma, the ancient Christian quarter of Damascus, the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church says: "We did not have the experience of Russia or anybody else from the outside world protecting us."

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

Syriac Christians translated Greek works into Arabic, Persians served as administrators, and Jewish people and Christians alike were bankers and physicians.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

“Until recently, only two manuscripts were known to contain the Old Syriac translation of the gospels.”

From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

The Mahommedan conquerors found a considerable part of it taken 246 over, as we saw, by the Syrian Christians, and Greek philosophical and scientific classics were now translated from Syriac into Arabic.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various