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Sinaic en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /saɪˈnaɪ.ɪk/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /sʌɪˈneɪ.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɪˈneɪ.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Sinai + -ic, q.v.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of Sinaitic, of or related to Mount Sinai, Egypt.
    • Sinaic law... Sinaic covenant... Sinaic code...

Forms

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more Sinaic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Sinaic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

Egypt · of or related to Mount Sinai · Sinaitic

Sinaic en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /saɪˈnaɪ.ɪk/ (General-American)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /sʌɪˈneɪ.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /sɪˈneɪ.ɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Sinae + -ic, q.v., under influence of Judaic, Altaic, etc. and French sinique.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of East Asian, with especial focus on Chinese people and culture: of or related to the Sinosphere.
    • We will separate [the 'Yellow Race'] into three branches—the Hyperborean, the Mongolian, and the Sinaic branches. 1872, Guillaume Louis Figuier, The Human Race, page 205:

Forms

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most Sinaic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more Sinaic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Relateds

Sinaean · Sinitic · Sinetic · Sinensian · Sinese · Sinae · Sinesian

Synonyms

East Asian · with especial focus on Chinese people and culture