Semitic

[si'mitik;se-]

Definition

(noun.) a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.

(adj.) of or relating to the group of Semitic languages; 'Semitic tongues have a complicated morphology' .

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Definition

(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.

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Definition

adj. pertaining to the Semites or supposed descendants of Shem or their language customs &c.—also Shemit′ic.—ns. Sem′ite; Semitisā′tion.—v.t. Sem′itise to render Semitic in language or religion.—ns. Sem′itism a Semitic idiom; Sem′itist a Hebrew scholar.—Semitic languages Assyrian Aramean Hebrew Phœnician together with Arabic and Ethiopic.

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