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- noun A
Syriac script .
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Examples
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The Church service is not understood by the people at large, being in Estrangelo, or old Syriac; but there are translations for their use.
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For those having studied using Thackston's Introduction to Syriac, Zammit's book provides more readings in Estrangelo (the script used in Thackston's textbook) than in Serto (the main script used in Healey's), as well as a few in East Syriac or "Nestorian" script.
Bunches of Grapes from the Syriac Vineyard: A Review James F. McGrath 2010
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But ultimately, the unvocalized Estrangelo script comes to be a hindrance.
Syriac, Aramaic, and Mandaic: Learn One Language, Three Dialects, For The Price Of Five Alphabets James F. McGrath 2008
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(You'll probably want to buy one, as the Peshitta available online is in the unvocalized Estrangelo script) Then you can use as you read it a wonderful free book available online, the Clavis Syriaca by Henry F. Whish (1883).
Syriac, Aramaic, and Mandaic: Learn One Language, Three Dialects, For The Price Of Five Alphabets James F. McGrath 2008
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This isn't a bad thing - in printed editions of the Peshitta the Bible in Syriac, as in some lexicons, one will encounter the vocalized Serto script for the main text, but Estrangelo for headings.
Syriac, Aramaic, and Mandaic: Learn One Language, Three Dialects, For The Price Of Five Alphabets James F. McGrath 2008
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This isn't a bad thing - in printed editions of the Peshitta the Bible in Syriac, as in some lexicons, one will encounter the vocalized Serto script for the main text, but Estrangelo for headings.
Archive 2008-06-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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(You'll probably want to buy one, as the Peshitta available online is in the unvocalized Estrangelo script) Then you can use as you read it a wonderful free book available online, the Clavis Syriaca by Henry F. Whish (1883).
Archive 2008-06-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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But ultimately, the unvocalized Estrangelo script comes to be a hindrance.
Archive 2008-06-01 James F. McGrath 2008
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Estrangelo-Syriac [Character] also much resembles it.
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Chinese characters, at the foot and on the sides, the stele also exhibits a series of data in the Syriac language, in Estrangelo characters.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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