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Ugaritic

Speech parts

1. Ugaritic - Adjective

2. Ugaritic - Proper noun

Meaning

Ugaritic

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

Ugaritic (not comparable)

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

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Academic views De Moor has suggested that there are links between Sukkot and the Ugaritic New Year festival, in particular the Ugaritic custom of erecting two rows of huts built of branches on the temple roof as temporary dwelling houses for their gods. Source: Internet

Levant Though the Ugaritic site is thought to have been inhabited earlier, Neolithic Ugarit was already important enough to be fortified with a wall early on. Source: Internet

‘Ashtart is entitled ‘Ashtart-Shem-Ba‘al '‘Ashtart the name of the Lord', a title also found in an Ugaritic text. Source: Internet

For example, in the Ugaritic texts, ʾil mlk is understood sfn to mean "Ēl the King" but ʾil hd as "the god Hadad ". Source: Internet

However, a dozen Ugaritic tablets from the fourteenth century BC preserve the alphabet in two sequences. Source: Internet

However, some verbs were borrowed (along with many nouns) from Aramaic and Ugaritic, both of which are Semitic languages. Source: Internet

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