English-Swedish translations for syriac

• syrian
• syriska en
  Vi är alla mycket chockade över den terroristattack som nyligen genomfördes mot den syriska katolska katedralen i Bagdad.We were all very shocked at the recent terrorist attack against the Syriac Catholic cathedral in Baghdad.
  Vi minns besöket av de syriska biskoparna från Irak och deras tragiska beskrivningar av situationen för kristna i Irak.We remember the visit of the Syriac bishops from Iraq and their tragic accounts of the situation of Christians in Iraq.

Definition of syriac

• An Aramaic language, part of the Semitic language family, specifically
• A speaker of the Syriac language (see above
• Of, pertaining to, or being the Syriac language, its speakers, or their culture

Examples

• The language of the kingdom of Osroene
• The liturgical language of various churches with roots in the Middle East

Related words

• Syria
• Syrian
• Assyrian
• Assyria
• Assyrians
• Syriarch
• Syriarchate
• Coele-Syria
• Coele-Syrian