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.

صحت ṣiḥḥat A (from صحّ Heb. and Chald. To be pure, clear, shining, sound, entire, healthy)

صنم ṣanam A (Heb. ) s. m. l. An idol. 2. A mistress, lover, sweetheart. 3. The name of a game among children: one says, صنم آي ṣanam āʼe, The idol or sweetheart is come; and asks whence? in which dress is she clothed? what does she eat? &c. With whatever letter the answer to the first question begins, those to the others must begin with the same; otherwise, the person failing is condemned, by way of pe- nalty, to imitate the voice of some animal, as a cock or ass, &c.

صغرا ṣug̠ẖarā A adj. plur. (of صغير) Small, infe- riours.

صوري ṣūrī A adj. Exterior, external, apparent.

صيام ṣiyām A s. m. A fast, the act of fasting.

صمداني ṣamdān-ī A adj. Divine.

صلوة ṣalāt A s. f. 1. Prayer, benediction. 2. Compassion or mercy of God.

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.

صلابت ṣalābat A (from صلب) s. f. Firmness, hardness, severity, majesty, dignity.