صحاب ṣiḥāb A s. plur. (of صاحب q. v.) Com- panions.

صم ṣumm A (from صمّ Ch. To contract, to ob- struct, to stop up) adj. Deaf. صمٌ بکم ṣummuṉ bukm, adj. Deaf and dumb.

صراف ṣarrāf A (adj. superl. from صرف) s. m. A banker, a moneychanger.

صابون ṣābūn A s. m. Soap. (Hence Gr. *sa/pwn).

صاحبي ṣāḥib-ī A. s. f. 1. Rule, command, lord- ship. 2. A kind of grape so called. 3. A kind of silk cloth. صاحبي کرنا ṣāḥib-ī karnā, To lord, to rule, to govern.

صفاٴي ṣafā-ī A. s. f. Purity, cleanness, clearness, perspicuity. صفاٴي بتاني ṣafā-ī batānī, To reject a petition without ceremony, to refuse flatly. صفاٴي کرنا ṣafā-i karnā, To make clean work of it, to accomplish fully.

صمغ ṣamg̠ẖ A or ṣamag̠ẖ, s. Gum. صمغ حماما ṣamag̠ẖ ḥamāmā, Gum ammoniac. صمغ عربي ṣamg̠ẖ-i-aﻌrabī, Gum arabic.

صعوه ṣaﻌwa A s. A little bird, a sort of sparrow with a red head, or a starling.

صعب ṣaﻌb A adj. Hard, difficult, arduous, rough, troublesome, disagreeable, disobedient, stubborn, perverse.

صادق ṣādiḳ A (part. act. of صدق Heb. To be, or be esteemed, just) adj. True, just, sincere. صادق القول ṣādiḳu-l-ḳaul, Speaking truth. A.P. صادقي ṣādiḳ-ī, s. f. Sincerity, truth.