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s | paly |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective paly is

(heraldry) vertically striped or paly can be (obsolete) pale; lacking colour.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    paly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare (etyl) . See (pale) a stake.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) vertically striped

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) pale; lacking colour
  • * 1593 , , III. ii. 141:
    • Fain would I go to chafe his paly lips / With twenty thousand kisses,
    (Whittier)