Semit

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

• IPA^(key): [zeˈmiːt]

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• Hyphenation: Se‧mit
• Rhymes: -iːt

Semit m (weak, genitive Semiten, plural Semiten)

1. Semite

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

• “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

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

Sèmīt m (Cyrillic spelling Сѐмӣт)

1. Semite