Semit

German

Etymology

Coined by members of the Göttingen School of History in the 1770s, after the biblical name Sem (“Shem”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zeˈmiːt]

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• Hyphenation: Se‧mit
• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

Semit m (weak, genitive Semiten, plural Semiten)

1. Semite

Declension

Declension of Semit [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Semit	die	Semiten
genitive	eines	des	Semiten	der	Semiten
dative	einem	dem	Semiten	den	Semiten
accusative	einen	den	Semiten	die	Semiten

Derived terms

• Antisemit
• Philosemit
• semitisch
• Semitistik

 

Descendants

• Russian: семи́т (semít)
• Ukrainian: семі́т (semít)

Further reading

• “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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sěmiːt/
• Hyphenation: Se‧mit

Proper noun

Sèmīt m (Cyrillic spelling Сѐмӣт)

1. Semite

Declension

Declension of Semit

	singular	plural
nominative	Sèmīt	Semiti
genitive	Semíta	Semita
dative	Semitu	Semitima
accusative	Semita	Semite
vocative	Semite	Semiti
locative	Semitu	Semitima
instrumental	Semitom	Semitima