Semitic
/sɪˈmɪtɪk
/adjective
1Relating to or denoting a family of languages that includes Hebrew, Arabic, and Aramaic and certain ancient languages such as Phoenician and Akkadian, constituting the main subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic family.Aramaic belongs to the Semitic language group historically centred in the Middle East....
- Diligently, he traces each letter from the ancient Semitic and Phoenician alphabets through Old English and Norman French, exploring shapes and pronunciation.
- Arabic derives from the ancient Semitic languages.
2Relating to the peoples who speak Semitic languages, especially Hebrew and Arabic.Some are ethnically Arab, which means that they are Semitic, and speak Arabic....
- The Semitic mind speaks in terms of beings, beings that embody good and evil.
- Aramaic was the language of Semitic peoples - the Assyrians, Chaldeans, Hebrews and Syrians.
Origin
From modern Latin Semiticus (see Semite).
Rhymes
- linguister
- linguistic
- linguistical
- linguistically
- linguistic analysis
- linguistic analyst
- linguistic anthropology
- linguistic atlas
- linguistic family
- linguistic form
- linguistic geographer
- linguistic geography
- linguistician
- linguistic imperialism
- linguistic map
- linguistic performance
- linguistic philosopher
- linguistic philosophy
- linguistic profiling
- linguistic psychology
- linguistics
- linguistic science
- linguistic scientist
- linguistic stock
- lingula