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.

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