semita
English
Etymology
From Latin semita (“a path”).
Noun
semita (plural semitae)
- A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for semita in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- Amesti, Maties, aimest, maiest, maties, misate, miseat, samite, tamise
Catalan
Etymology
Sem + -ita
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /səˈmi.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /seˈmi.ta/
Adjective
semita (masculine and feminine plural semites)
- Semitic
Noun
semita m or f (plural semites)
- Semite
Derived terms
- antisemita
- semític
- semitisme
- semitista
Further reading
- “semita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Esperanto
Adjective
semita (accusative singular semitan, plural semitaj, accusative plural semitajn)
- singular past passive participle of semi
Italian
Etymology 1
From Sem (“Shem”) + -ita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈmi.ta/
- Rhymes: -ita
- Hyphenation: se‧mì‧ta
Adjective
semita (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)
- Semitic
- Synonym: semitico
Noun
semita m or f by sense (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)
- Semite
Derived terms
- antisemita
Further reading
- semìta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Latin sēmita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.mi.ta/
- Rhymes: -ɛmita
- Hyphenation: sè‧mi‧ta
Noun
semita f (plural semite)
- (obsolete) path
- Synonym: sentiero
Related terms
- sentiero
Further reading
- sèmita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
- astemi, estima, mestai
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *sēmitā, from Proto-Indo-European *swé(d) (“by oneself; away, without”) + *mey- (“change, exchange”) + *-téh₂. For *swé(d), compare sē-, sē, sed. For *mey-, compare meō.[1][2] The LIV disagrees with De Vaan's reconstruction of *h₂mey- and prefers *mey-,[3] though Beekes agrees with De Vaan.[4] Compare trāmes.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.mi.ta/, [ˈs̠eːmɪt̪ä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.mi.ta/, [ˈsɛːmit̪ä]
Noun
sēmita f (genitive sēmitae); first declension
- narrow way, footpath, path
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs 4:14:
- nē dēlectēris sēmitīs impiōrum nec tibi placeat malōrum via
- Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)
- nē dēlectēris sēmitīs impiōrum nec tibi placeat malōrum via
- Antonym: via
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sēmita | sēmitae |
| Genitive | sēmitae | sēmitārum |
| Dative | sēmitae | sēmitīs |
| Accusative | sēmitam | sēmitās |
| Ablative | sēmitā | sēmitīs |
| Vocative | sēmita | sēmitae |
Derived terms
- sēmita convīcīnālis
- sēmitālis
- sēmitārius
- sēmitātim
- sēmitātrīcēs deae
- sēmitātus
- sēmitō
Descendants
- → Aramaic: סֵימִטָא (sēmiṭā)
- → Hebrew: סמטה (simta)
- → Arabic: سَمْت (samt)
- → Azerbaijani: səmt
- → English: azimuth, zenith
- Kurdish:
- → Northern Kurdish: semt
- → Ottoman Turkish: سمت (semt)
- Turkish: semt
- → Armenian: սամթ (samtʿ), սա̈մթ (sämtʿ), սեմթ (semtʿ)
- → Persian: سمت (samt)
- Tajik: самт (samt)
- Catalan: senda
- → English: semita
- French: sente
- → Italian: semita (learned)
- Old Portuguese: senda
- Galician: senda
- Portuguese: senda, sémita
- Romansch: senda
- Spanish: senda
References
- “sēmĭta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “semita”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sēmĭta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,420/3
- “sēmita” on page 1,732/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- “sēmita” on page 1,909/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “meō, meāre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 373-374
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “sē-, se-, sō-, so-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 549-550
- Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 426
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀμείβω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 85-86
Portuguese
Noun
semita m or f by sense (plural semitas)
- Semite (member of the Semites, an ethnic group of the Middle East)
Adjective
semita m or f (plural semitas)
- Semitic (relating to the Semites)
- (linguistics) Semitic (relating to the Semitic language family)
Synonyms
- semítico
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈmita/ [seˈmi.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: se‧mi‧ta
- Homophone: (Americas) cemita
Etymology 1
Sem + -ita
Adjective
semita (plural semitas)
- Semitic
Noun
semita m or f (plural semitas)
- Semite
Derived terms
- antisemita
- semitismo
- semitista
Related terms
- semítico
- semitanet
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
semita f (plural semitas)
- (Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador) Alternative form of cemita
Further reading
- “semita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014