صفا ṣafā A (from صفو Heb. To be clear, to shine) s. f. 1. Purity, cleanness, clearness. 2. Pleasure, content. 3. adj. (dakh.) Pure, clean. صفا صاف ṣafaṉ ṣāf (smack smooth) Without a trace or vestige.

صناعت ṣināʼaﻌt A (from صنع To make) s. f. Art, trade, profession.

صالحه ṣāliḥa A adj. f. (of صالح) Virtuous, chaste. (Plur. صالحات ṣālīḥāt).

صفوف ṣufūf A s. plur. (of صف) Lines, ranks, rows.

صغريٰ ṣug̠ẖrạ̄ A (fem. of اصغر) 1. adj. Less, least. 2. s. m. The minor term of a syllogism.

صفر ṣafar A or ṣafaru-l-muz̤affar, s. m. The se- cond month of the Muhammadan year. (On the 20th day of this month is held the festival of Sarotan, in commemoration of the junction of the head and body of Ḥusain. The 28th and the last days of this month are reckoned unfortunate; the former on account of Ḥasanʼs being poisoned by his wife; the latter because destructive vegetables are supposed to be pro- duced on that day). ¶ ṣifr, s. m. A cipher.

صله ṣila A (from وصل) s. m. 1. Conjunction, connexion. 2. A present, a gift. 3. Poetick li- cence. 4. The relative in respect to the ante- cedent. حرف صله ḥarf-i-ṣila, A conjunctive par- ticle.

صل عليٰ ṣall-aﻌlā A Blessed; very fine. See صليٰ الله عليه under صليٰ ṣallạ̄.

صموت ṣamūt A adj. Silent.

صبر ṣabr A s. f. Patience, endurance. صبرکرنا ṣabr karnā, To wait, to have patience, to endure. ¶ ṣabir, A species of aloes.