Word Study
semitangent |
semite |
semiterete |
semiterrestrial |
semitertian |
semitic
| semitic deity
| semitic-speaking
| semitism
| semitone
| semitonic
semitic
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun semitic has 1 sense
- semitic(n = noun.communication) Array - a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family; Array is a kind of afrasian, afrasian language, afro-asiatic, afroasiatic, afroasiatic language, hamito-semitic
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
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]
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.
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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