semitic

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/səˈmɪt.ɪk/

adj 5name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

afroasiatic, amharic, arabic, east, northwest, omotic, original, related

VERB + SEMITIC

diverges, found, isn't, love, see

SEMITIC + NOUN

berber, language, languages, native, palestinians, religions, urheimat

PREP.

among, from, from, in

ADV.

loosely, only

Definitions

adj

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.

On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Semitic.

Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions.

The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa.

name

The Semitic languages in general.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — of or relating to or characteristic of Semites

semite

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians.

Wiktionary

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Semitic.

Wiktionary

Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions.

Wiktionary

The Arabian peninsula has long been accepted as the original Semitic Urheimat by a majority of scholars.

Tatoeba · #2132626

I love Semitic languages.

Tatoeba · #5932877

Berber isn't a Semitic language.

Tatoeba · #7866501

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