Semitic

/səˈmɪt.ɪk/ adjective C1

Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afroasiatic Semitic languages: Akkadian, Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Hebrew, Maltese, Phoenician, Syriac, Tigrigna etc.
Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples. · For quotations using this term, see Citations:Semitic.
Of or pertaining to the descendants of Shem, the eldest of three sons of Noah.
Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.

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