Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Syriac \Syr"i*ac\, a. [L. Syriacus, from Syria: cf. F.
   syriaque.]
   Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac
   version of the Pentateuch. -- n. The language of Syria;
   especially, the ancient language of that country.