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صوغ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

The root صوغ (ṣ-w-ġ) primarily relates to the act of shaping, forming, or crafting something, particularly metals. It extends to creating, fabricating, and even fabricating falsehoods. The root also encompasses the idea of being of a certain form or measure.

Derived headwords

صَاغَverb
  1. 1.
    he fashioned the thingboth

    he fashioned the thing

صَوَاغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    goldsmithing, silversmithingboth

    The craft or profession of working with precious metals like gold and silver to create objects.

صِيَاغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    crafting, shapingboth

    The act or process of shaping, molding, or fabricating something, especially metalwork.

  2. 2.
    creation, formationclassical

    The act of creating or forming something, often used in the context of divine creation.

صَائِغnoun
  1. 1.
    goldsmith, fashionerboth

    goldsmith, fashioner

صَوَّاغnoun
  1. 1.
    goldsmith, fashionerboth

    goldsmith, fashioner

صِيَاغnoun
  1. 1.
    goldsmith, fashionerboth

    goldsmith, fashioner

صِيغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    form, shape, moldboth

    The shape, form, or mold into which something is cast or fashioned.

  2. 2.
    creation, manner of creationclassical

    The way something is created or formed, its inherent nature or quality.

صَاغَverb
  1. 1.
    he fashioned the thingboth

    he fashioned the thing

صُغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    equal, similarclassical

    Referring to two things being alike or equal in measure or form.

Parallel reading

صغت الشئ أصوغه صوغا
I shaped the thing, I shape it, a shaping.
ورجل صائغ، وصواغ، وصياغ أيضا في اغة أهل الحجاز
And a man is a ṣāʾigh, ṣawwāgh, and ṣiyyāgh also, according to the usage of the people of Hijaz.
وعمله الصياغة
And his craft is ṣiyāghah (goldsmithing).
وصاغه الله صيغة حسنة
And Allah fashioned him with a good form.
أي خلقه
Meaning, He created him.
وسهام صيغة
And arrows of the same make.
أي من عمل رجل واحد
Meaning, from the work of one man.
وهذا صوغ هذا، إذا كان على قدره
And this is the making of this, if it is according to its measure.
وهما صوغان
And they are two ṣughatan (equals).
أي سيان
Meaning, alike.
وفلان يصوغ الكذب
And so-and-so fabricates lies.
وهو استعارة
And this is a metaphor.
كذبة كذبها الصواغون
A lie that the ṣawwāghūn (craftsmen/fabricators) told.