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saHHaar –iyn; saHaaHiyr (sHr) [n] magician (with evil powers); sorcerer (with evil powers); wizard (with evil powers); enchanter (with evil powers); charmer (with evil powers)

saHHaar saHaaHiyr (sHr) [n] sorcerer; magician; witch; charmer; wizard?

SaHiyH - (SH;) [a] true; correct; right (not) of people)

sahraan –iyn (shr) [a] awake?

Sahriyj Sahaariyj (Shrj)[n] tank (e.g. on lorry); cistern

sahuw (sha) [d] deliberate; not d.ly?; purpose; not on p.?

sahyaan –iyn (sha) [a] surprise; s.d/taken by surprise; unawares; caught u.; catch; caught unawares; take; taken by surprise

sajaayir (sjr) [ng] cigarette; c.s

sajjaan –iyn (sjn) [n] prison guard; jailor; guard,prison g.; warder

sajjar yisajjir (sjr) [vi] smoke (a cigarette/cigarettes)

sakaara (skr) [ap] drunkard; d.s; drinker; heavy d.s

sakan yaskun; yaskin (skn) [vt?] live; dwell; inhabit

sakan fiy/OBJ. yaskun; yaskin (skn) [vj][vt] settle (in a place); move to (to live in); come to live in?

sakkan yisakkin (skn) [vd?] settle (so., in a place); live; cause to l. (in ; dwell; cause to d. (in ; inhabit; cause to i.; house/provide with a house

sakkan fiy? yisakkin (skn) [vtj?] settle (so., in a place); live; cause to l. (in ; dwell; cause to d. (in ; inhabit; cause to i.; house/provide with a house

sakkat yisakkit (skt) [vt] quiet; make q.; quieten; shut up; silence

sakkat yisakkit (skt) [vt] silence; calm (down); soothe; pacify; hush (up)

sakkat yisakkit (skt) [vt] silence; calm; soothe; pacify; hush up

sakraan –iyn; *sakaara (skr) [a] drunk; intoxicated (with alcohol only?)

Sala° –waat (Sla) [n] prayer (esp. ritual prayer in Islam)

salaam –aat (slm) [n] greeting

salaam (slm) [n] peace/peacefulness

salaama (slm) [n] well–being; welfare; safety; security

salaamaat (slm) [np] hello (lit: ‘peaces’); greetings (lit: ‘peaces’)

salaamu 9alaykum (9la) [j] greeting; traditional Arab, Islamic greeting

salafiyya –aat? (slf) [n] loan (unofficial; from individual); advance (cash)?

SalaH yaSlaH (SlH) [vi] work (be)successful); succeed/be successful (of thing/project)

salaTa –aat (slT) [n] salad

salla yisalliy (sla) [vt] amuse; entertain

Salla yiSalliy (Sla) [vt?] pray (ritual prayer [Salaa] only?); worship?

Sallaaya –aat (Sla) [n] prayer–mat; mat; prayer–m.

sallaf yisallif (slf) [vtj][vd] lend; loan; advance (money)?

sallaH yisalliH (slH) [vt] arm

SallaH yiSalliH (SlH) [vt] mend; improve?; fix; repair

sallam yisallim (slm) [vd] hand over; deliver

sallam 9ala yisallim (slm) [vjj?] greet

sallam 9alay (zawl) fiy iyd-uw yisallim ('yd) [nf] shake hands with

sallam 9alay (zawl) fiy iyd-uw yisallim (slm) [vj] shake hands with

SalSa ? (SlS) [n] sauce (in cooking)

salTana –aat (slTn)[n] sultan; area ruled over by a [sulTaan]

salTana –aat (slTn)[n] sultanate

sama - (sma) [n] sky

sama° –waat (sma) [n] heaven

samaaH (smH) [n] permission

samaaHa (smH) [n] beauty; prettiness

samaaHa (smH) [n] niceness; fineness

samaawiy (sma) [a] mid-blue; blue; mid-b.; sky-coloured

samaH (lay) zawl bay Haaja) yasmaH (smH) [vjj+] allow; let; permit; empower?; authorize?

samaH (lay) zawl bay Haaja) yasmaH; yasmiH (smH) [vj+] allow; permit; authorize?; empower?

samak coll (smk) [ng] fish

samak coll (smk) [ng] fish

samaka –aat (smk) [ns] fish

samaka –aat (smk) [ns] fish

samiH –iyn (smH) [a/] pretty (of a woman/girl); beautiful (of a woman/girl); fine(–looking); good–looking; handsome (of a man/boy); good

samin (smn) [n/] ghee; butter; clarified b.

samiyn sumaan (smn) [a] fat; corpulent; plump; fleshy; stout; obese

samiyn sumaan (smn) [a] heavy (of clothing); thick (of clothing)

samma yisammiy (sma) [vd] call (of given name or nickname); name

samma yisammiy (sma) [vt] name (give a n. to); call

samma9 yisammi9 (sm9) [vd] hear; cause/allow to h.

samma9 yisammi9 (sm9) [vd] play (e.g. a song, to so.)

sammam yisammim (sm;) [vt] poison/put poison into

sammam yisammim (sm;) [vt] poison/put poison into

samna ? plural (smn) [n] ghee; butter; clarified b.

samu# sumuw# (NB.) this plural is rural only) (Sm#) [n/] gum

Samu# (Sm#) [n/] gum; glue; paper g.; resin?

samu# coll (Sm#) [ng/] resin?; glue (paper glue); gum

sana siniyn; sanawaat (sna) [n] year (esp. of calendar year, from January to December); calendar year (from January to December)

Sana9 yaSna9 (Sn9) [vt] make (using an industrial process); build (using an industrial process); produce (using an industrial process); manufacture; fabricate (using an industrial process)

sanad –aat (snd) [n] document; deed; paper?; security; bond

sanad yasnid (snd) [vt] support (esp. st. which is in danger of falling); prop (up); hold up

sanat alf uw–tus9umiya uw–tamaaniyn (sna) [n] year; nineteen eighty

sanat kam (sna) [n] year; which/what year

sanawiy ? (sna) [n] yearly; annual

sandawiyt∫ –aat (sndw)[n] sandwich

Sanduwg Sanaadiyg (Sndg)[n] packet

Sanduwg Sanaadiyg (Sndg)[n] crate; box; chest; trunk; case?

Sanduwg al–buwsTa Sanaadiyg al–buwsTa (bsT) [n] post–box

Sanduwg al–buwsTa/buwsta Sanaadiyg (Sndg)[n] box; post–box

sandwiyt∫ –aat (sndw)[n] sandwich

saniyn sunaan (sn;) [a] sharp (e.g. of knife)

Sanna9 yiSanni9 (Sn9) [vt] make (using an industrial process); build (using an industrial process); produce (using an industrial process); manufacture; fabricate (using an industrial process)

santimitir –aat (snt) [n/] centimetre (unit of length)

santimitir –aat (mtr) [n/] centimetre (unit of length)

santiy ? (snt) [n] centimetre (unit of length)

Saraf yaSruf (Srf) [vt] receive (money, as a salary); get paid (money)

Saraf yaSruf (Srf) [vt] spend (money); also spend up money (so)there is none left); expend; pay (out) (money)

Saraf yaSruf (Srf) [vt] spend (money); expend (money)?

sarag yasrig (srg) [vt] steal; pilfer; filch; rob

saraTaan - (srTn)[n] cancer (disease)

Sarax yaSrax (Srx) [vi+?] cry; yell?; scream; shriek?; shout

sarga ? (srg) [n] theft (single act of t.); steal; s.ing (single act of s.ing); robbery (single act of r.)

sariga –aat (srg) [n] theft (instance of t.?)

sarij suruwj (srj) [n/] saddle

sariy9 –iyn (sr9) [a] fast; quick; prompt?; rapid; speedy; swift; nimble?

Sariyf Saraayif (Srf) [n] hedge; enclosure round house, etc. made of grass and trees; enclosure (of grass and trees, round house etc.)

sariyHa saraayiH (srH) [n] slice (e.g. of fruit, also meat); rasher (of meat)

sariyr saraayir (sr;) [n] bed (European–type only?)

sariyr saraayir (sr;) [n] bedstead (iron only?); iron bedstead?

sarraag –iyn; saraariyg (srg) [n] thief

sarrab yisarrib (srb) [vtm?] leak (liquids, gases)

sarraH yisarriH (srH) [vt] comb (hair); brush (hair)

sarraH (bi-l-mu∫uT]) yisarriH (srH) [vt] comb (hair); of women; now also of men)

sarraH (bi-l-mu∫uT]) yisarriH (srH) [vt] comb (hair; of women; now also of men)

sarraH a∫–∫a9ar bil–fur∫a yisarriH (srH) [vt] brush (hair only)

sarraH b-il–fur∫a yisarriH (fr∫) [vt] brush (hair only)

SarSuwr (= [SurSaar]) SaraaSiyr (Sr;; [n] cockroach (a variety?)(insect)

saTal yasTul (sTl) [vt] stone, on marjuiana; intoxicate with marjuiana

saTal yasTul (sTl) [vi] stone; get s.d on marjuiana; intoxicate; get i.d by marjuiana

satar yastur (str) [vt] cover up (for so.); conceal (st.) bad, which one has done)

saTiH suTuwH (sTH) [n/] roof (flat roof only?)

sattaf yisattif (stf) [vt] pack (a bag)

saTTaH yisaTTiH (sTH) [vi] attention; not to pay a.; pay; not p.ing attention; (*?)disregard; unaware; to be u. of what's going on; out; to be out of it; involve; not to be i. in things

saTur suTuwr (sTr) [n/] line (on a piece of paper, +?)

saTur suTuwr (sTr) [n/] line, in writing

sawa (swa) [d] together

Sawm coll (Swm) [ng] fast/fasting

Sawm (Swm) [ngv] fast; f.ing?; abstinence?

Sawmaaliy –iyn; Sawmaal (Swml)[ax] Somali

saWra –aat (swr) [n] revolution; upheaval?; uprising?; revolt?; riot?

sawriy (swr) [o] sorry; pardon; I beg your p.

Sawt aSwaat (Swt) [n] sound; voice; noise

sawT sayTaan; siyaaT (swT) [n] whip; lash; scourge

sawT sayTaan; siyaaT (swT) [n] whip; lash; scourge?

Sawt ar–ra9ad (Swt) [n] thunder (sound/crash of thunder)

sawwa yisawwiy (swa) [vt] cook

sawwa yisawwiy (swa) [vd] make into; turn into; change into

sawwa yisawwiy (swa) [vt] make; do; produce; create?

sawwaag –iyn (swg) [n] driver; chauffeur; engineer (railway)?

Sawwar yiSawwar (Swr) [vt] copy (by)photocopier); photocopy

Sawwar yiSawwir (Swr) [vt] photograph/photo

Sawwar yiSawwar (Swr) [vt] photograph?

Sawwat lay yiSawwit (Swt) [vj] vote for

saxaana (sxn) [n] heat; warmth

saxaawa (sxa) [n] generosity (in responding immediately to a request); responsiveness (in doing what other people ask one to do)

saxal suxlaan (sxl) [n/?] kid (young male goat)

saxala –aat (sxl) [n] kid (young female goat)

saxiy –aat; asxiya (sxa) [a] helpful

saxiy –aat; asxiya (sxa) [a] helpful (esp. of child; does what you ask him to do, e.g. runs errands); obedient (esp. of child; does what you ask him to do, e.g. runs errands)

saxxan yisaxxin (sxn) [vi] heat (up); hot; bc. hot

saxxan yisaxxin (sxn) [vi] hot; bc. h. (person, weather, food, etc.)

saxxan yisaxxin (sxn) [vt] warm (up) (what?); heat (up) (what?); hot; make h.

saxxan yisaxxin (sxn) [vi] warm; bc. w. (person, weather, food, etc.)

Sayd (Syd) [ngv] hunt/h.ing; fish; f.ing?; angling?

Sayd as–samak (smk) [n] fish; f.ing; angling?

Sayd as–samak (Syd) [nv?] fish; f.ing; angling?

Saydaliy –iyya (Sydl)[n] chemist (dispensing); pharmacist

Saydaliy –iyya (Sydl)[n] chemist; pharmacist

SaYdaliyya –aat (Sydl)[n] chemist; c.'s; pharmacy

Sayf (Syf) [n] summer (in C. Sudan from April to July?)

sayf suyuwf (syf) [n] sword; sabre; foil?; rapier?

Saywaan Sawaawiyn (Sywn)[n] tent; large t.; marquee; pavillion (weddings etc)

Saywaan –aat (Swn) [n] tent; large t.; pavillion?; marquee

Sayyaad –iyn (Syd) [n] hunter; fisherman?

sayyaara –aat (syr) [n] car

sayyar yisayyir (syr) [vt] urinate; piss

sayy'iaat (swa) [np] sin; s.s

sayyid (swd) [n] title; used for schoolteachers, bureaucrats

sayyid asyaad (swd) [n] descendant of the Prophet (title for d.s [a∫raaf])

sayyid asyaad (swd) [n] gentleman"; honorific title

sayyid asyaad (swd) [n] master?; gentleman?; lord?

si9ir as9aar (s9r) [n/] price; rate?; exchange rate?

sidaada –aat; sadaayid (sd;) [n] plug (for bath, sink)

sidaada –aat; sadaayid (sd;) [n] plug; stopper; cork; lid (of pot)

sidayriy –aat (sdr) [n] waistcoat

sidayriy –aat (sdr) [n] waistcoat

Sifa –aat (wSf) [n] description?; quality; attribute; way?; characteristic; feature

sifinj coll (sfnj)[ng] sponge?

sifinja (= [∫ib∫ib]) –aat (sfnj)[n] plastic sandal

sifinja (= [∫ib∫ib]) –aat (sfnj)[n] sandal; rubber/plastic s.; rubber sandal

sifinja (= [∫ib∫ib]) –aat ('sfn)[n] sponge sandal?; rubber sandal; sandal; rubber s.

sifinja (= [∫ib∫ib]) –aat (sfnj)[n] shoe; spongy plastic? s.; sandal; household s.

Sifir aSfaar (Sfr) [n/] zero; naught; nothing

SiHa yaSHa (SHa) [vi] wake up; awake

SiHHiy (SH;) [a] healthy; sanitary

sihir yashar (shr) [vi] stay up late; late; stay up l.; go to bed late

siHir *asHaar (sHr) [n/] magic; sorcery?; witchcraft?

siHriy - (sHr) [a] magic/magical

Sihriyj Sahaariyj (Shrj)[n] tank (e.g. on lorry); cistern

sijaara sajaayir (sjr) [n] cigarette

sijin sujuwn (sjn) [n/] imprisonment (/prison)

sijin sujuwn (sjn) [n/] jail; prison

sijin sujuwn (sjn) [n/] prison; jail

sijjaada –aat; sajaajiyd (sjd) [n] carpet (general word); rug?

sijjaada –aat; sajaajiyd (sjd) [ns?] carpet; mat?

sijjaada –aat; sajaajiyd (sjd) [ns?] rug (wollen, black and white lines only?)

sijjaada –aat; sajaajiyd (sjd) [n] rug; carpet; prayer–mat?; mat; prayer–mat?

sijjaaja –aat; sajaajiyj (sj;) [n] rug; carpet; prayer–mat?; mat; prayer–mat?

sikir yaskar (skr) [vi] drunk; get d.; intoxicate; bc. i.d

sikir bay yaskar (skr) [vj] drunk; get drunk on

sikirtayr –aat (skrt)[n] secretary (man)

sikirtayra –aat (skrt)[n] secretary

sikka Hadiyd sikak Hadiyd? (Hd;) [n] railway

sikka Hadiyd sikak Hadiyd? (sk;) [n] railway

sikkiyn sakaakiyn (skn) [nf] knife

sikkiyna sakaakiyn (skn) [n] knife

sikkiyr –iyn (skr) [a] drunkard; drinker; heavy d.

sikritayr –aat (skrt)[n] secretary (man)

silaaH asliHa (slH) [n] arm/armament; weapon

silama ? (slm) [n] cinema

silik suluwk; aslaak (slk) [n/] line?; wire; piece of wire

silik suluwk (slk) [n/] thread?; string?; line?; wire; rail?

sillim salaalim (slm) [n] ladder; flight of stairs; stair?; step?

sillim salaalim (slm) [n] ladder; stairs,flight of s.?; flight of stairs?

simaaH (smH) [n] pardon; forgiveness

simi9 yasma9 (sm9) [vt] hear

simi9 yasma9 (sm9) [vt] listen to; attention; pay a. to; pay attention to

simi9 bay yasma9 (sm9) [vt] hear of/about

simi9 kalaam +GEN yasma9 (sm9) [vt] listen to advice; heed advice; advice; heed a.

simi9 kalaam +GEN yasma9 (klm) [nt] listen to advice; heed advice; advice; heed a.

simi9 kalaam +GEN yasma9 (sm9) [vt] obey

simi9 kalaam +GEN yasma9 (sm9) [vt] obey

simi9 kalaam +GEN (sm9) [vt] obey; comply with; yield to?

simi9 kalaam +GEN (klm) [n] obey; comply with; yield to?

simi9 lay yasma9 (sm9) [vj] listen to; attention; pay a. to; pay attention to

simi9 lay kalaam +GEN yasma9 (sm9) [vj] obey

simin yasman (smn) [vi] plump; bc. p./p.er; fat; bc. f./f.er; put on weight (not) necessarily much weight); gain weight (not) necessarily much weight)

simm sumuwm (sm;) [n] poison; toxic; venom

Sinaa9a –aat (Sn9) [n] industry; manufacture?

Sinaa9iy (Sn9) [a] industrial; artisan?; craft–(in compounds)?

sinama ? (snm) [n] cinema

sinamaa'iyy ? (snm) [a] cinematic; cinema; pertaining to the c.

sinn sunuwn(; [asnaan] in borrowings from Standard Arabic) (sn;) [nf] tooth (part of body); incisor; front i.; tusk (of elephant); fang (of snake)?

Sirfa (= [Surfa]?) Siraf (Srf) [n] caterpillar (or)possibly caterpillar-type of insect)

sirga –aat (srg) [n] theft

sirr (sr;) [d] secret; s.ly; private; p.ly?

sirr asraar (sr;) [n] relative (non-immediate); relation (non-immediate)

sirriy –iyn (sr;) [a] secret; private?; confidential; mysterious; cryptic

sirriy –iyn (sr;) [a] secret; private; confidential; mysterious?; cryptic?

sitaara –aat; sataayir (str) [n] drape; curtain

sitaara –aat; sataayir (str) [n] screen; curtain?; drape?; cover/c.ing?

sitaara –aat; sataayir (str) [n] veil?; screen; curtain; drape?

sitt –aat (st;) [n] seller; female seller

sitt –aat (st;) [n] teacher; term of address for female teacher in school; miss" (term of address for female teacher in school)

sitta –aat (st;) [n] six

sixayl –aat? (sxl) [n/?] kid (young male goat)

sixayla –aat? (sxl) [n/?] kid (young female goat)

sixin yasxan (sxn) [vi] heat (up); hot; bc. hot

sixin yasxan (sxn) [vi] hot; bc. h. (person, weather, food, etc.)

sixin yasxan (sxn) [vi] warm; bc. w. (person, weather, food, etc.)

Siyaam - (Swm) [n] fast (/fasting?)

Siyaam - (Swm) [n] fast/fasting

siyaaq (swg) [n] context (linguistic; technical usage)

siyaasa –aat (sws) [n] politics; policy

siyaasiy –iyn? (sws) [a] political

siyd siyaad (swd) [n] owner; keeper; shopkeeper; possessor

siyd al–bayt siyaad ...? (swd) [n] owner; house–owner; landlord

siyd bayt siyaad buyuwt (byt) [n] house–owner

Siyniy –iyn (Syn) [ax] Chinese

Siyniyya Sawaaniy (Syn) [n] roundabout

Siyniyya Sawaaniy (Syn) [n] tray (type/s?)

Su9uwba –aat (S9b) [n] difficulty

su'aal as'ila; –aat (sal) [n] question; request?; inquiry

su'aal as'ila; –aat (sal) [n] question; request?; inquiry

subu9 asbaa9 (sb9) [n/] seventh (fraction)

subu9 miya (sb9) [n] seven hundred

subu9 miya (my’) [n] seven hundred

Sudaa9 (Sd9) [n] headache

sudus asdaas (sds) [n/] sixth (fraction)

Suffaara –aat; Safaafiyr (Sfr) [n] whistle

Suffaara –aat; Safaafiyr (Sfr) [n] whistle?; siren?

Suffaara –aat; Safaafiyr (Sfr) [n] whistle; siren?

Sufra Sufar (Sfr) [n] dining room (in boarding school); eating hall? (in boarding school)

Sufra Sufar (Sfr) [n] food-tray; tray of food

SuHba (SHb) [n] friendship

suhuwla - (shl) [n] convenience; ease; easiness; facility?

sukkar coll (skr) [ng] sugar

sukkar coll (skr) [ng] sugar

sukkar basiyT (skr) [n] sugar; a little sugar (in tea, coffee)

sukkar katiyr (skr) [ng] lot; a lot of sugar (e.g. in tea); much sugar (e.g. in tea)

sukkar katiyr (skr) [ng] lot; a lot of sugar (e.g. in tea); much sugar (e.g. in tea); sugar; a lot of s. (e.g. in tea)

sukkar mutwassaT (skr) [ng] medium; m. amount of sugar (e.g. in tea); sugar; medium amount of s. (e.g. in tea)

sukkar tagiyl (skr) [ng] a lot of sugar (e.g. in tea); much sugar (e.g. in tea); sugar; a lot of s. (e.g. in tea)

sukkar wasaT (skr) [ng] medium; m. amount of sugar (e.g. in tea); sugar; medium amount of s. (e.g. in tea)

sukkar xafiyf (skr) [ng] lot; not a lot of sugar (e.g. in tea); much; not much sugar (e.g. in tea); little; a little sugar (only) (e.g. in tea); sugar; not much s. (e.g. in tea)

sukkar ziyaada (zyd) [ng] a lot of sugar (e.g. in tea); much sugar (e.g. in tea); sugar; a lot of s. (e.g. in tea)

sukkar ziyaada (skr) [ng] a lot of sugar (e.g. in tea); much sugar (e.g. in tea); sugar; a lot of s. (e.g. in tea)

sukuwrjiy –iyya (skr) [a] drunkard; drinker; heavy d.

sukuwrjiy –iyya (skr) [n] drunkard; drinker; heavy d.

Sulb coll (Slb) [ng] steel

sulfa sulaf (slf) [n] loan (unofficial; from individual); advance (cash)?

sullam salaalim (slm) [n] ladder; flight of stairs; stair; flight of s.s

sulTaan salaaTiyn (slTn)[n] chief, of W. (not) N. or S.) Sudanese tribe

sulTaan salaaTiyn (slTn)[n] chief; tribal c. (typically used of non-Arab tribes; e.g. Dinka)

sulTaan salaaTiyn (slTn)[n] king; chief of W. (not) N. or S.?) Sudanese tribe, such as Fur ([fawr])

sulTaan salaaTiyn (slTn)[n] sultan

sulTaan salaaTiyn (slTn)[n] sultan

suluwk (slk) [n] behaviour (esp. in school); conduct (esp. in school)

sum9a suma9 (sm9) [n] reputation (good); name; standing; repute

sunbul sanaabil (snbl)[ng] ear; e.s of corn (i.e. a cereal like wheat); corn; ears of corn

sunbula –aat (snbl)[ns] ear of corn (i.e. a cereal like wheat); corn; ear of corn

sur9a (sr9) [n] promptness; hurry?; haste?

sur9a (sr9) [n] speed; velocity; pace; fastness; rapidity; quickness

Surfa (= [Sirfa]?) Suraf (Srf) [n] caterpillar (or)possibly caterpillar-type of insect)

SurSaar (= [SarSuwr]) SaraaSiyr (Sr;; [n] cockroach (a variety?)(insect)

surwaal saraawiyl (srwl)[n] trouser; traditional baggy t.s

suttu miya (st;) [n] six hundred

suttu miya (my’) [n] six hundred

suttumiyya (st;) [n] six hundred; hundred; six h.

suttumiyya (my)[n?] six hundred; hundred; six h.

suwaal as'ila; –aat (sal) [n] question; request?; inquiry

suwaal as'ila; –aat (sal) [n] question; request?; inquiry

suwdaaniy –iyn (swd) [ax] Sudanese

Suwf coll? (Swf) [ng] fleece (sheep); wool; shorn wool