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Se•mit•ic
Pronunciation: (su-mit'ik), [key]—
n.
a subfamily of Afroasiatic languages that includes Akkadian, Arabic, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Hebrew, and Phoenician.
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adj.
of or pertaining to the Semites or their languages, esp. of or pertaining to the Jews.
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