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Begin file 9 of 11: S. of An electronic field-marked version of:
This electronic version was prepared by MICRA, Inc. of Plainfield, NJ. Last edit February 11, 1999.
This version is only a first typing, and has numerous typographic errors, including errors in the field-marks. Assistance in bringing this dictionary to a more accurate and useful state will be greatly appreciated. This electronic dictionary is made available as a potential starting point for development of a modern on-line comprehensive encyclopedic dictionary, by the efforts of all individuals willing to help build a large and freely available knowledge base. Anyone willing to assist in any way in constructing such a knowledge base should contact:
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S , the nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a consonant, and is often called a sibilant, in allusion to its hissing sound. It has two principal sounds; one a mere hissing, as in sack, this; the other a vocal hissing , as in is, wise. Besides these it sometimes has the sounds of sh and zh, as in sure, measure. It generally has its hissing sound at the beginning of words, but in the middle and at the end of words its sound is determined by usage. In a few words it is silent, as in isle, d?bris. With the letter h it forms the digraph sh. See Guide to pronunciation, ?? 255-261.
Both the form and the name of the letter S are derived from the Latin, which got the letter through the Greek from the Phaenician. The ultimate origin is Egyptian. S is etymologically most nearly related to c, z, t, and r; as, in ice, OE. is; E. hence, OE. hennes; E. rase, raze; erase, razor; that, G. das; E. reason, F. raison, L. ratio; E. was, were; chair, chaise .
-s. 1. The suffix used to form the plural of most words; as in roads, elfs, sides, accounts.
-'s The suffix used to form the possessive singular of nouns; as, boy's; man's.
's. A contraction for is or for has. "My heart's subdued." Shak.
Sa"adh , n. See Sadh.
Saan , n. pl. Same as Bushmen.
, n. See Sabianism.
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