Definitions for Ethiopic

Ethiopic E·thi·op·ic

Spelling: [ee-thee-op-ik, -oh-pik]
IPA: /ˌi θiˈɒp ɪk, -ˈoʊ pɪk/

Ethiopic is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in Ethiopic (cehiiopt).

Definitions for Ethiopic

noun

  1. a subdivision of Semitic languages that includes Amharic, Tigré, Tigrinya, and Geez, all of Ethiopia.
  2. Geez.

adjective

  1. Ethiopian.

Origin of Ethiopic

From the Latin word Aethiopicus, dating back to 1650-60. See Ethiop, -ic

Examples for Ethiopic

The Ethiopic version, instead of "in those days," renders the expression in the thirty-ninth verse of 1st chap.

Geez, the ancient Ethiopic, was the vernacular language of the shepherds.

The Ethiopic omits a canonical book and includes an apocryphal book.

Ethiopic, or Abyssinian, is derived from the Samaritan, or Phœnician.

It bears the same name in the Armenian, but in Ethiopic it is known by the second title.

An Ethiopic version of the whole Bible exists in the ancient dialect of Axum.

As in all Semitic languages (except the Ethiopic), it is read from right to left.

The Ethiopic devils right foot is a claw, and his left a hoof.

The Ethiopic saint is nothing inferior to his western brethren.

The Gothic and Ethiopic versions exclude a part of the canonical books.

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