Se·mit·ic /səˈmɪtɪk ||ˈmɛ-/
(a.)閃族的;閃族語的
Sem·it·ic a. Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races. [Written also Shemitic.]
Semitic language, a name used to designate a group of Asiatic and African languages, some living and some dead, namely: Hebrew and Phœnician, Aramaic, Assyrian, Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic).
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Semitic
adj 1: of or relating to the group of Semitic languages; "Semitic
tongues have a complicated morphology"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of Semites; "Semite
peoples" [syn: Semite]
n : a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family