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Word: semitic
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- biblical Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
- In a narrower sense, of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
- Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
- Of or pertaining to the Semites: Semitic people.
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Proper noun:
- The Semitic languages in general.
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