Ss س

s the twenty third letter of the alphabet and

eighteenth of the consonants

s. s., second

sa prep til, until, as far as; - barra entirely; - kemm as long as

sab v to find, to meet; (xi fenomenu, ecc) to

discover; kienu jsibuh bnala they used to

caIl him; fejn issibha Ii it is not right that;

fejn -na lialliena he did not help us; IDa

ssibu ghal xejn he does not help much

saba' nm (pI swaba') finger; -I-kbir thumb; -

I-werrej forefinger; - tan-nofs middle

finger; - tal-liatem annular or ring finger; -

z-zghir little finger; bill sebghu he tasted;

inlieba wara sebghu he tried to make up

excuses; OOs--lia I-id he took advantage

of something;sebghudritt a righteousman;

ta' sebghuflialqu a stupid man;jghaqqad

fuq is-swaba' verygood (broth, etc); liabat

sebghuhe argued with sb

sabar v to bear with patience, to tolerate

sabar nm (pI osbra) patience, tolerance;

m'ghandux -he's always on the go; raqad

b'sabru he slept peacefully

sabb nm (bla pI) diarrhoea; - tad-demmflux

sabbar v to animate a person to suffer;

(ikkonsla) to comfort, to console II nm (pI

-a) comforter, consoler

sabbara nf koll (pI -t) aloe

sabbat v to throw violently on the ground; (iIbieb,

ecc) to bang, to slam

sabi nm (pI subien) boy; (tiOa) tomboy; (inf

tifel fuq ruliu) a troublesome boy; donnha -liaZin she is a very naughty girl

sabiex kong so that, in order that

sabili agg beautiful, pretty II avv beautifully; -sabili gently, softly, discreetly; din isbali!

oh my goodness!; xtara (ecc) sabili he did

not buy (etc) anything at all; giiamel - it

was appropriate

saborrla nf(pl-i) baIlast;tajjeb ghas-- good

for nothing;nieqes OOs--very fat

sabra nf(pI-t) patience

sabutagg nm (pI -i) sabotage

saCerdot nm (pI -i) priest

sacerdotali aggpriestly, sacerdotal

sacertodessla nm (pI -i) priestess

saeerdozjlu nm (pI -i) priesthood

sadd v to stop, close or dam up; -widnejh to stop one's ear

sadda nf(pl-t) coryza, nasal obstruction

saddad v to grow rusty, to make rusty;

(kompIa) to persevere, to continue, to be

stedfast in a thing; (inf ma ' namrata) to continue

to go out with someone

sadid-nm koll f -a (pI -at) rust; (iJIata)blight;

bis-- on bad terms

sadist nm (pI-i) sadist

sadiZmJu nm (pI -i) sadism

safa v to clear up, to grow limpid II nf (bia pI)

serenty; (kastita) chastity

safa' v to become, to turn out; (baqaj to remain,

to be; -walidu to be left alone

safar nm (bla pI) navigation

safari nm (bla pI) safari

saff nm (pI sfuf) strato; OObnib' -ejn well-built

saffa v to clear, to make clear; (iffjltra) to

stain, to filter; (ippurifjka) to cleanse, to

purify, to refine

saffaf vto stratify, to dispose in layers

saffal v to abase

saffar v to make yellow or pale; (bis-suffara,

ecc)to whistle, to hiss; baqa' j- he was left

stranded II nm (pI -a) whistler, hisser

saffiku agg sapphic

safi agg clear, limpid, transparent

safja nf (bla pI) pureness, clearness

sa.tlaliliar a vv at last

safra nf(pI-t) voyage,journey II aggyellow,

pale, squalid

safrani agg yellowish, squalid

saggnm (pI -i) essay

saggar v to plant with trees

sagittarjlu nm (pI -i) archer

sagrament nm (pI -i) sacrament

sagramentali agg sacramental

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