Ugaritic
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- noun
- /juːˈɡɛrɪtɪk/
- Specialized
- Linguists study Ugaritic to better understand the evolution of Semitic languages.
Examples
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In one important legend that we have from the Canaanite text, the Ugaritic text, he defeats an adversary who's known as Prince Sea or Judge River.
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Once upon a time, most Old Testament scholars in the West had to be at least familiar with Arabic (before the discovery of Ugaritic, Arabic was the go-to language when problems arose in interpreting the meaning of biblical Hebrew), and most scholars of the Qur'an knew their Bible.
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The Ugaritic language is an extinct Semitic language once spoken in northern Syria.
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The ancient city of Ugarit provides valuable insights into the Ugaritic language and its culture.
Synonyms
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An extinct language spoken in ancient northern Syria and related to Hebrew and Phoenician
Compounds
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An extinct language spoken in ancient northern Syria and related to Hebrew and Phoenician
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ugaritic = Ugarit (transparent) = Ugarit + ic
Formed by regular adjectival/derivational suffixation from the place name 'Ugarit' meaning 'of or relating to Ugarit'.
Etymology
Ugaritic comes from the ancient city Ugarit and the ending -ic means 'from' or 'relating to', like in Arabic. So Ugaritic simply names the language 'from Ugarit', the old city in northern Syria where archaeologists found its clay writings.