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Safaitic, a.|sæfəˈɪtɪk|
Also Safahitic.
[f. the Arab. place-name Safa in Syria, SE of Damascus + -itic (see -ite1).]
Of or pertaining to an ancient Semitic language known only from inscriptions probably of the first centuries ad discovered near Safa.
1905G. Bell Let. 24 Oct. (1927) I. xi. 225 I'm going to his house tomorrow to look over some Nabathean and Safaitic inscriptions and discuss what is to be found in Nejd. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 626/1 To the first centuries of the Christian era belong the thousands of Arabic inscriptions, found in the wild, rocky districts south-east of Damascus, which are commonly termed Safaitic, after Safa, a locality in their neighbourhood. 1939, etc. [see Lihyanic n.]. 1951A. M. Honeyman in H. H. Rowley Old Testament & Mod. Study ix. 270 A new Pars Quinta has been projected to cover the Safaitic, Lihyanite, and Thamudic material. 1976Times 3 Sept. (Qatar Suppl.) p. iv/9 From..the end of the first millennium BC,..a Safaitic inscription by a warrior to Du-Shara, high god of the Nabataeans. |