Semitic

Alternative forms

 * , Shemitic, shemitic

Etymology
From (18th century), from, from , from the , 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. The word was coined and first applied to the Semitic languages by in 1781.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
 * 3)  Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
 * 4)  Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
 * 5) Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.
 * 1)  Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
 * 2) Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Amharic: ሴማዊ
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: семі́цкі
 * Bengali:
 * Catalan: semític
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 閃米特,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Semida, semida, Ŝemida, ŝemida
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: სემიტური
 * German:, schemitisch
 * Hebrew: שֵׁמִי
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: semískur
 * Ido: Semida, semida,, semidala
 * Irish: Seimíteach
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Ladino: semetiko
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: semítico
 * Tajik: сомӣ
 * Ukrainian: семі́тський
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese: Xê-mít
 * Yiddish: סעמיטיש


 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Catalan: semític
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic: semískur
 * Irish: Seimíteach
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,

Proper noun

 * 1) The Semitic languages in general.

Translations

 * Albanian: gjuhët semitike
 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Finnish: seemiläiset kielet
 * Georgian: სემიტური ენები
 * Hindi:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: