Aramaic, a.
(ærəˈmeɪɪk)
[f. as prec.: see -ic.]
Of Aram; spec. applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. Often used absol. sc. language.
| 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 239/2 Translations of the Old Testament into the East-Aramaic language. 1882 Farrar Early Chr. I. 207 Even if the Jews of the Dispersion understood Aramaic, the Gentiles did not. |