has particulars: akkadian, amharic, ethiopian language, arabic, arabic language, aramaic, maltese, maltese language, malti, canaanitic, canaanitic language

Derived form adjective semitic₁

Adjective Semitic has 2 senses

semitic(a = adj.pert) Array - of or relating to the group of Semitic languages; "Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology"

Derived form noun

semitic₁

semitic(a = adj.pert) semite - of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite peoples"

Derived form noun semite₁

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Semitic, a.

Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [1913 Webster]

Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Ph Encyc. Brit.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Semitic, adj.
1 of or relating to the Semites, esp. the Jews.
2 of or relating to the languages of the family including Hebrew and Arabic.

Etymology

mod.L Semiticus (as SEMITE)

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