توفير taufīr A (inf. ii. of وفر or وفور) s. f. In- creasing, perfecting.

تکفير takfīr A (inf. ii. of کفر or کفاره) s. f. 1. Co- vering. 2. Expiating a crime, doing penance or paying a mulct as atonement. 3. Humbling oneʼs self before another (putting the hand upon the breast, and inclining the head), showing distant respect. 4. Accusing one of impiety, calling him infidel, making one an unbeliever. 5. Guiltiness.

رفيع rafīﻌ A (from رفع) adj. High, sublime, elevated, exalted. رفيع الشان rafīʼuﻌ-sh-shān, A person of dignity, a nobleman of high rank. رفيع القدر rafīʼuﻌ-l-ḳadr, Of high estimation. رفيع المکان rafīʼuﻌ-l-makān, Of exalted rank.

سفيد sufaid P or sufed or safed, adj. White.

سفيدا safed-ā H s. m. White lead.

سفيدار safed-ār P s. m. The name of a wood, the white poplar-tree. (Meninski).

سفيده sufaid-a P s. m. The dawn, whiteness, white lead, ceruse.

سفيدي sufaid-ī P s. f. Whiteness; leprosy.

سفير safīr A s. m. An envoy, an ambassadour.

شفيع shafīﻌ A (from شفع) adj. 1. Advocate, patron. 2. Possessing a right of preemption founded on contiguity. (See شفعه shufʼaﻌ). شفيع جار shafī-iﻌ-jār, The occupant of ground which is simply in the neighbourhood of ano- ther estate. شفيع خليط shafī-iﻌ-ḵẖalīt̤, The occupant of ground in actual contact, or in- termixed with another estate. (The right of

شفيعا shafīʼāﻌ A. s. m. A kind of Persian charac- ter or handwriting.

صفير ṣafīr A (from صفر To whistle) s. f. 1. Sound, whistling, a hissing noise, blowing, singing (as, of a bird). 2. A sapphire.

عافيت āﻌfiyat A (from عفو Syr. To flourish) s. f. Health, safety.

غفير g̠ẖafīr A adj. All, many.

فياض faiyāẓ A adj. (superl. of فيض) Liberal, ge- nerous, beneficent, profuse, most bountiful.