[ʃe'mitik]
adj.
闪族的, 闪族人(语)的

Semitic \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 Ph[oe]nician, Aramaic, Assyrian,
Arabic, Ethiopic (Geez and Ampharic). --Encyc. Brit.


Shemitic \Shem*it"ic\, Shemitish \Shem"i*tish\, a.
Of or pertaining to Shem, the son of Noah, or his
descendants. See {Semitic}.