Ktab
Type, look up & drill Syriac
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Studying Classical Syriac with digital tools is still harder than it should be. Ktab is built to change that. Most Syriac coursework in the Western tradition is set in Serto, while devices default to Estrangela. Ktab works in either, and switches whenever you like.
Type it, look it up, drill it — a Semitic language with a vast literature in theology, history, and science, and one still in liturgical use today, finally at home on your iPhone.
· KEYBOARD
A built-in Syriac keyboard with two layouts.
Quick maps consonants and vowel marks onto the QWERTY positions you already know, so you can start typing on day one instead of first adapting to a layout that separates vowels from consonants.
Universal follows the standard separated design and covers 120 characters — everything a serious typist or scholar needs.
Arabic is built for those more at home on an Arabic keyboard than on QWERTY, matching the habits their fingers already have.
· DICTIONARY
Enter a Syriac word and jump straight to an online lexicon for the definition. History and Favorites keep your new vocabulary in one place, and you can add your own lookup sources to link in whichever dictionary you prefer.
· DRILLS
Four-option quizzes on the fundamentals of Syriac grammar. Pair them with Mistakes — the questions you get wrong go into a review list, where you can read a full explanation, mark an item as mastered, or drill a selection again until it sticks.
· GRAMMAR TOOLBOX
Clear, card-by-card explanations of the essentials: the alphabet, pronouns, pronominal suffixes, the three states of the noun, verb conjugation, and more. Your iPhone doubles as a pocket reference.
· STILL GROWING
More features are on the way.
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- Fixed an issue where text on buttons didn't display correctly in the English interface.
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Information
- Seller
- 韦杭 林
- Size
- 20.1 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 13.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- 解锁完整功能 $2.99
- Copyright
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