Ar|a|ma|ic

Ar|a|ma|ic «_AR uh MAY ihk», noun, adjective.

–n.

a Semitic language or group of dialects in which much Jewish and early Christian literature was written. Aramaic includes Syriac and the language spoken in Palestine at the time of Christ. »

One form of Aramaic is of present-day importance as the language of much Rabbinical Jewish literature, while Syriac is a liturgical language in some Eastern churches and the language of much early Christian literature (H. A. Gleason, Jr.).

–adj.

of or in Aramaic.

╂[< Greek Aramaîos Aramaean; patterned on Hebraic]