semita

From Latin semita (“a path”).

semita (plural semitae)

1. A fasciole of a spatangoid sea urchin.

• Amesti, Maties, aimest, maiest, maties, misate, miseat, samite, tamise

Sem +‎ -ita

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /səˈmi.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /seˈmi.ta/

semita (masculine and feminine plural semites)

1. Semitic

semita m or f (plural semites)

1. Semite

• antisemita
• semític
• semitisme
• semitista

• “semita” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

semita (accusative singular semitan, plural semitaj, accusative plural semitajn)

1. singular past passive participle of semi

From Sem (“Shem”) +‎ -ita.

• IPA^(key): /seˈmi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: se‧mì‧ta

semita (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)

1. Semitic

   Synonym: semitico

semita m or f by sense (masculine plural semiti, feminine plural semite)

1. Semite

• antisemita

• semìta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Learned borrowing from Latin sēmita.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.mi.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛmita
• Hyphenation: sè‧mi‧ta

semita f (plural semite)

1. (obsolete) path

   Synonym: sentiero

• sentiero

• sèmita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• astemi, estima, mestai

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.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.mi.ta/, [ˈs̠eːmɪt̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.mi.ta/, [ˈsɛːmit̪ä]

sēmita f (genitive sēmitae); first declension

1. 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)

   Antonym: via

First-declension noun.

• “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)

semita m or f by sense (plural semitas)

1. Semite (member of the Semites, an ethnic group of the Middle East)

semita m or f (plural semitas)

1. Semitic (relating to the Semites)
2. (linguistics) Semitic (relating to the Semitic language family)

• semítico

• IPA^(key): /seˈmita/ [seˈmi.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ita
• Syllabification: se‧mi‧ta
• Homophone: (Americas) cemita

Sem +‎ -ita

semita (plural semitas)

1. Semitic

semita m or f (plural semitas)

1. Semite

• antisemita
• semitismo
• semitista

• semítico
• semitanet

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

semita f (plural semitas)

1. (Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador) Alternative form of cemita

• “semita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014