صبغ

صَبَّاغٌ ذ A dyer (O, L, K) of garments. (O, K.) ― -b2- And [hence,] (tropical:) A liar: (K:) one who colours and alters information, or discourse. (O, K. *) The Prophet is related to have said, أَكْذَبُ النَّاسِ الصَّبَّاغُونَ وَالصَّوَّاغُونَ or مِنْ أَكْذَبِ النَّاسِ الخ [Which may mean The most lying of men, or of the most lying of men, are the dyers and the goldsmiths; or (assumed tropical:) those who colour, and those who transform, information, or discourse ]: El-Khat- tábee says, the meaning is, that the persons who practise the two crafts to which these words relate make many promises as to returning the goods, and often break their promises; wherefore they are said to be of the most lying of men; not that every one of them is one who lies: but he adds that it has been said to mean the moulding and colouring of speech with falsehood. (O.)