Semit
German edit
Etymology edit
Coined by members of the Göttingen School of History in the 1770s, after the biblical name Sem (“Shem”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Semit m (weak, genitive Semiten, plural Semiten)
Declension edit
Declension of Semit [masculine, weak]
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “Semit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Semit” in Duden online
- “Semit”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Semit” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Sèmīt m (Cyrillic spelling Сѐмӣт)