Semitic

semitic semític English Semitic Alternative forms en semitic, Shemitic, shemitic Etymology From en Semite ic (18th century), from en de semitisch, from en grc Σήμ, from the en he שֵׁם Shem Šēm, the name of the eldest son of Noah in biblical tradition (Genesis 5.32, 6.10, 10.21), considered the forefather of the Semitic peoples. Perhaps derived from en akk 𒈬 name" or "son šumu. The word was coined and first applied to the Semitic languages by August Ludwig von Schlözer in 1781.1 Pronunciation en /səˈmɪt.ɪk/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Semitic.wav Southern England en /səˈmɪt.ɪk/ [səˈmɪɾ.ɪk] /səˈmɛtɪk/ nonstandard GA,AU en Se mi tic Sem it ic en ɪtɪk 3 Adjective - Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigrigna etc. en Central Semitic East Semitic Ethiosemitic Hamito-Semitic Indo-Semitic philosemitic Proto-Semitic West Semitic Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples. en 2008 Gary A. Tobin The Trouble with Textbooks 93 On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians. en en biblical Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah. en in particular Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people. Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic. en 1893 George Thomas Bettany Mohammedanism and Other Religions of Mediterranean Countries 45 Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions. en 2011 Makau Mutua Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique 114 The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa. en 2005 Xavier William World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality 45 In contrast to these Semitic religions some religions of Indian origin like Buddhism and Jainism, are pacifist to the extent of banning the killing of animals even for food. Derived terms en Semitically Semiticism Semiticist South Semitic Semiticize Semiticness Translations pertaining to the Semitic subdivision of Afroasiatic languages Albanian: sq semitik Amharic: am ሴማዊ Arabic: ar سَامِيّ Armenian: hy սեմական Belarusian: be семі́цкі Bengali: bn সামী samī Bulgarian: bg семи́тски Catalan: ca semític Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 閃米特 shǎnmǐtè, cmn 閃 shǎn Czech: cs semitský Danish: da semitisk Dutch: nl Semitisch Esperanto: eo Semida, eo semida, eo Ŝemida, eo ŝemida Finnish: fi seemiläinen French: fr sémitique Georgian: ka სემიტური German: de semitisch, de schemitisch Greek: el σημιτικός Hebrew: he שֵׁמִי shémi Hindi: hi सामी Hungarian: hu sémi Icelandic: is semískur Ido: io Semida, io semida, io Semidala, io semidala Irish: ga Seimíteach Japanese: ja セム semu Korean: ko 셈 Ladino: lad semetiko Macedonian: mk семитски Norwegian: Bokmål: nb semittisk Pashto: ps سامي sāmí Persian: Dari: prs سَامِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira سامی Polish: pl semicki m Portuguese: pt semita, pt semítico Romanian: ro semitic Russian: ru семи́тский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh сѐмӣтскӣ Latin: sh sèmītskī Slovak: sk semitský Slovene: sl semitski Spanish: es semítico Swedish: sv semitisk Tajik: tg сомӣ Turkish: tr Semitik Ukrainian: uk семі́тський Urdu: ur سامی Uzbek: uz som, uz somiy, uz semitik Vietnamese: vi Xê-mít Yiddish: yi סעמיטיש pertaining to the Semites Armenian: hy սեմական Bengali: bn সামী samī Catalan: ca semític Czech: cs semitský Finnish: fi seemiläinen French: fr sémitique German: de semitisch Hindi: hi सामी Icelandic: is semískur Irish: ga Seimíteach Polish: pl semicki Portuguese: pt semita, pt semítico Noun en Semite en obsolete A Semite. en 1892 The American Antiquarian https://books.google.com/books?id=jC6E4GoypWkC&pg=PA178 178 Dr. A. H. Sayce and others maintain that the Turanians gave the Semitics their civilization. en 1897 Answer to Difficulties of the Bible 277 https://books.google.com/books?id=RvEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA277 As to the dispersion of the Semitics, the opinion most generally received until lately is that the Semitics, after the Deluge, dwelt first in Armenia. en 1924 Oliver Huckel The Secret of the East https://books.google.com/books?id=hz0bAAAAIAAJ 80 Moses was an Oriental—a foreigner to us—a Semitic, of another race. Translations Semite Proper noun The Semitic languages in general. Translations Semitic languages in general Albanian: sq gjuhët semitike Armenian: hy սեմական Bengali: bn সামী samī Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 閃米特語 Finnish: fi seemiläiset kielet Georgian: ka სემიტური ენები German: de semitisch Hindi: hi सेमिटिक m Polish: pl semicki m Portuguese: pt semítico m Turkish: tr Semitik Further reading 1 sem Related terms en anti-Semite anti-semite antisemite anti-Semitic anti-semitic antisemitic anti-Semitism anti-semitism antisemitism pro-Semite pro-semite prosemite pro-Semitic pro-semitic prosemitic pro-Semitism pro-semitism prosemitism Sem Semite Semitics Semitism Shem See also Wikipedia article on Semitic languages. Wikipedia article on Shem. Wikipedia article on Sons of Noah. References Anagrams en ceiimst miscite en relational adjectives en Language families