semitic
IPA: sʌmˈɪtɪk
Root Word: Semitic
noun
- The Semitic languages in general.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
- Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
- (biblical) Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
- (in particular) Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
- Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.
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Examples of "semitic" in Sentences
- The Semitic letter shin comes from the shape of the trident.
- The origins of Philistine and Philistinians were European, not Semitic.
- In particular the reaction in Europe was virulent and blatantly anti semitic.
- I loath the neoconservatives, but the old piece was an anti Semitic diatribe.