صاد ṣād A s. f. The fourteenth letter of the Ara- bic alphabet.

صديق ṣadīḳ A adj. Just, true; a sincere friend.

صلح ṣulḥ A s. f. Peace, reconciliation, treaty, truce, concord. صلح کل ṣulḥ-i-kull, s. f. Per- fect reconciliation, definitive treaty.

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

صلحه ṣulḥa A s. m. Friendship.

صابن ṣāban A. s. m. Soap. (Hence Gr. *sa/pwn).

صراقه ṣarrāf-a A. s. m. The place where bankers transact their business, a bank.

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

صبوح ṣabūḥ A s. Wine drunk in the morning, wine which may be for use in the morning.

صيغه ṣīg̠ẖa A (from صوغ) s. m. 1. A mould (for casting metal). 2. A word declinable and de- rivative. 3. The mood, tense, or voice of a verb, conjugation, derivation. 4. Trade, pro- fession. 5. A form of words used in marriage ceremonies. (Plur. صيغ).