صمصام ṣamṣām A s. f. A sharp sword.

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.

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

صندل ṣandal A (from Sans. चंदन) s. m. San- dal wood, sanders. A.H. صندلوٿا ṣandal-auṭā, s. m. A stone on which sandal wood is ground.

صيقل ṣaiḳal A (from صقل) s. m. 1. Polishing, polish, cleaning, furbishing. 2. The polishing instrument. صيقل کرنا ṣaiḳal karnā, To polish, furbish, burnish. صيقل گر ṣaiḳal-gar, A polisher, furbisher, burnisher, armourer. A.P. صيقلي ṣaiḳl-ī, adj. Polished.

صلاحيت ṣalāḥiyat A (from صلح) s. f. Virtue, chastity, integrity, goodness, probity, sanctity.

صاعقه ṣāʼiﻌḳa A (from صعق Heb. and Chal. To call aloud, make a noise, thunder, strike with lightning) s. Lightning, a thunderbolt.

صليب ṣalīb A (from صلب) 1. adj. Hard. 2. Three-cornered. 3. s. m. A crucifix, a cross.

صغر ṣig̠ẖar A s. m. Smallness, minuteness.

صموت ṣamūt A adj. Silent.