Ugaritic

English

Etymology

From Ugarit +‎ -ic, via a Semitic medium from Sumerian 𒀀𒃼 (a-gar₃ /⁠agar⁠/, “arable land”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuː.ɡəˈrɪ.tɪk/, /ˌuː.ɡəˈrɪ.tɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪtɪk
• Hyphenation: U‧ga‧ri‧tic

Hypernyms

• Amoritic

Proper noun

Ugaritic

1. The Northwest Semitic language of the ancient city of Ugarit in Syria. Extinct since 1100 B.C.E., it was written in cuneiform.

Abbreviations

• ISO 639-3 code uga (SIL)

Translations

language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乌加里特语 (wūjiālǐtèyǔ)

• Czech: ugaritština (cs) f
• Finnish: ugarit (fi)
• German: Ugaritisch n
• Hebrew: אוגריתית f (ugaritit)
• Italian: ugaritico m
• Persian: اوگاریتی (ugâriti)
• Polish: ugarycki (pl) m
• Russian: угаритский (ru) (ugaritskij)
• Swedish: ugaritiska (sv) c
• Turkish: Ugaritçe (tr)

Adjective

Ugaritic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the ancient city or language of Ugarit.

Translations

pertaining to the ancient city of Ugarit

• Czech: ugaritský
• German: ugaritisch
• Hebrew: אוגריתי m (ugariti)
• Persian: اوگاریتی (ugâriti)
• Polish: ugarycki (pl) m
• Russian: угаритский (ru) (ugaritskij)
• Turkish: Ugaritçe (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ugaritic terms

Further reading

• Ugaritic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia