See Semitics on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"Semitic",
"Semitic#English"
],
[
"-s",
"-s#English"
],
[
"Semite",
"Semite#English"
],
[
"-ics",
"-ics#English"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Semitic",
"3": "-s"
},
"expansion": "Semitic + -s",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Semite",
"3": "-ics<pos:suffix forming the names of academic disciplines>"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, Semite + -ics (suffix forming the names of academic disciplines)",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Semitic + -s. By surface analysis, Semite + -ics (suffix forming the names of academic disciplines).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "Semitics (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "96 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ics",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -s",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "95 5",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "96 4",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Synonym of Semitic studies"
],
"id": "en-Semitics-en-noun-KFoCUl1w",
"links": [
[
"Semitic studies",
"Semitic studies#English"
]
],
"related": [
{
"word": "Semitic"
},
{
"word": "Semitist"
},
{
"word": "Semitistics"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "Semitic studies"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "Semitics"
}
{
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "Semitics",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
64,
72
]
],
"ref": "1892, The American Antiquarian, page 178:",
"text": "Dr. A. H. Sayce and others maintain that the Turanians gave the Semitics their civilization.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
28,
36
],
[
99,
107
]
],
"ref": "1897, Answer to Difficulties of the Bible, page 277:",
"text": "As to the dispersion of the Semitics, the opinion most generally received until lately is that the Semitics, after the Deluge, dwelt first in Armenia.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "Semite",
"word": "Semitic"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of Semitic (“Semite”)"
],
"id": "en-Semitics-en-noun-N4jFkGHs",
"links": [
[
"Semitic",
"Semitic#English:_Semite"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "Semitics"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -ics",
"English terms suffixed with -s",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_links": [
[
"Semitic",
"Semitic#English"
],
[
"-s",
"-s#English"
],
[
"Semite",
"Semite#English"
],
[
"-ics",
"-ics#English"
]
],
"etymology_number": "1",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Semitic",
"3": "-s"
},
"expansion": "Semitic + -s",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Semite",
"3": "-ics<pos:suffix forming the names of academic disciplines>"
},
"expansion": "By surface analysis, Semite + -ics (suffix forming the names of academic disciplines)",
"name": "surf"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Semitic + -s. By surface analysis, Semite + -ics (suffix forming the names of academic disciplines).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "Semitics (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Semitic"
},
{
"word": "Semitist"
},
{
"word": "Semitistics"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"Synonym of Semitic studies"
],
"links": [
[
"Semitic studies",
"Semitic studies#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"synonym",
"synonym-of"
],
"word": "Semitic studies"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "Semitics"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English noun forms",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": "2",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"name": "nonlemma"
}
],
"etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "Semitics",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
64,
72
]
],
"ref": "1892, The American Antiquarian, page 178:",
"text": "Dr. A. H. Sayce and others maintain that the Turanians gave the Semitics their civilization.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
28,
36
],
[
99,
107
]
],
"ref": "1897, Answer to Difficulties of the Bible, page 277:",
"text": "As to the dispersion of the Semitics, the opinion most generally received until lately is that the Semitics, after the Deluge, dwelt first in Armenia.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"form_of": [
{
"extra": "Semite",
"word": "Semitic"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of Semitic (“Semite”)"
],
"links": [
[
"Semitic",
"Semitic#English:_Semite"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "Semitics"
}
Download raw JSONL data for Semitics meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-10-01 using wiktextract (c1bb342 and 6f96ddf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.