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.

صيادي ṣaiyād-ī A. s. f. Hunting, fowling, shooting, &c.

صوم ṣaum A (Heb. ) 1. s. m. Fasting, a fast. 2. One who fasts. 3. A christian church. 4. adj. Silent. صوم صلوة ṣaum ṣalāt, s. f. Fasting and prayer.

صفحه ṣafḥa A (from صفح To turn the face) s. m. Page (of a book), surface, face.

صدقه ṣadḳa A (prop. ṣadaḳa, Heb. ) s. m. 1. Alms. 2. Propitiatory offerings, sacrifice. صدقي جانا يا هونا ṣadḳe-jānā or -honā, To become a sa- crifice for the welfare, &c. of another. صدقي کرنا ṣadḳe karnā, To sacrifice for the welfare, &c. of another.

صور ṣūr A s. f. A kind of musical instrument, a horn, a trumpet. ¶ ṣūr, ṣuwar, or ṣiwar, s. plur. of صورت ṣūrat, q. v.

صلحه ṣulḥa A s. m. Friendship.

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.

ص ṣād called صاد مہمله and صادغيرمنقوطه the four- teenth letter of the Arabic alphabet, does not properly occur in the Persian language; but, in a few words it has, in modern times, been substituted for the original س to distinguish them from others of a different signification; as, in صد, originally سد One hundred; and in شصت originally شست Sixty; to prevent their being confounded with سد A wall, and شست An aim. It has no corresponding let- ter in the Sanskrit alphabet. In Persia and

صانع ṣāniﻌ A part. act. (of صنع) Artificer, maker, creator.