1. syriac - Noun
2. syriac - Adjective
3. Syriac - Proper noun
Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch.
The language of Syria; especially, the ancient language of that country.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAccording to a 2011 discovery by a Cambridge manuscript expert, Syriac was the first language to use a punctuation mark to indicate an interrogative sentence. Source: Internet
AD 600), writing in Syriac, also mentions a king Gligmos, Gmigmos or Gamigos as last of a line of twelve kings who were contemporaneous with the patriarchs from Peleg to Abraham; this occurrence is also considered a vestige of Gilgamesh's former memory. Source: Internet
A critical edition of a Syriac Acta of Saint George, accompanied by an annotated English translation, was published by E.W. Brooks (1863–1955) in 1925. Source: Internet
An Introduction to Syriac Studies. Source: Internet
As an official language, Syriac was given a relatively coherent form, style and grammar that is lacking in other Old Eastern Aramaic dialects. Source: Internet
At the same time, Ephrem the Syrian was producing the most treasured collection of poetry and theology in the Syriac language. Source: Internet