Semitic

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
2. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
3. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
4. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
5. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.

Name

The Semitic languages in general.

Έννοιες

σημιτικός

Σημίτες

Συνώνυμα

Semite

Akkadian

Maltese

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Syriac

Shemitic

Μεταφράσεις

sémitique

Semitisch

semitisch

semítico

Sémites

semítico

سامية

سامي

schemitisch

sémite

semita

Semitisch

semitico

semita

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/səˈmɪt.ɪk/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Semite + -ic (18th century), from German semitisch, from Ancient Greek Σήμ (Sḗm), from the Hebrew שֵׁם (Šēm, “Shem”), 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 Akkadian 𒈬 (šumu, literally “name" or "son”). The word was coined and first applied to the Semitic languages by August Ludwig von Schlözer in 1781.