Meaning

1 senses

  1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Carthage; a Carthaginian.

    the Phoenician dialect of ancient Carthage

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Have all Berber languages been influenced by Punic?

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  2. Tom is writing an alternative history where the Carthaginians won the Punic Wars.

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  3. Tom's conlang is a descendant of Punic spoken in an alternate reality Italy.

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  4. Punic is very similar to Hebrew.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Latin Pūnicus, variant of Poenicus, from Poenus + -icus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (P

From Latin Pūnicus, variant of Poenicus, from Poenus + -icus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖνιξ (Phoînix), from Mycenaean Greek 𐀡𐀛𐀑𐀍 (po-ni-ki-jo) under influence from φοινός (phoinós, “crimson red”) owing to its relation to Tyrian purple, apparently from or cognate with Egyptian fnḫw (“Asiatics, Semites”), f:n:x-w-V12:Z2. Equivalent to a modified Phoenician + -ic.

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Forms

plural: Punics
SingularPunic
PluralPunics

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
puncturepunditpungentpunishB1punishablepunishmentB1punitiveC2

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