سفال safāl A (from سفل Heb. and Chald. To be low or depressed) s. m. 1. Meanness of rank, depression. 2. Descent, fall.

سفاهت safāhat A (from سفه) s. f. Stupidity, folly, buffoonery, insolence.

سفاک saffāk A (adj. superl. of سفک) s. m. A shedder of blood, cruel, butcherly (man).

سفاکي saffāk-ī A. s. f. Shedding of blood.

سفت saft P adj. 1. Firm. 2. Thick, close (a cloth).

سفت saft A s. f. Drinking a great deal without quenching thirst. ¶ sift, Soft pitch.

سفر safar A s. m. Journey, voyage, travel, tra- velling, journeying, campaign. سفرکرنا safar karnā, 1. To travel. 2. (met.) To go, to de- part, to retire, to die. السفروسيلة الظفر as-safar wasīlatu-z̤-z̤afar, Travel produces advantage.

سفرجل safarjal A s. A quince.

سفري safar-ī A. s. m. f. A traveller. s. f. Tra-

سفوف safūf A (from سفّ To take a medicine in a state of powder and dry) s. m. A medicine taken dry and unmixed, a powder (in opposi- tion to an electuary).

سفيدا safed-ā H s. m. White lead.

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

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

سفينه safīna A (Heb. from سفن Heb. To cover, &c.) s. m. 1. A ship, a vessel, boat. 2. A blank book, a commonplace-book.

سفيه safīh A (from سفه) adj. Foolish, stupid, ignorant.