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صِيغَةٌ ذ is originally صِوْغَةٌ, (S, O, Msb,) the و being changed into ى because of the kesreh before it: (S O:) it is like قِيمَةٌ. (Msb.) [Its primary signification is A mode, or manner, of صَوْغ i. e. melting, and pouring forth into a mould; &c.: and hence it signifies a make, form, fashion, mould, or cast:] and it is syn. with صِيَاغَةٌ, q. v.: (TA:) and signifies the making [a thing]; and making according to a certain measure or proportion [and the like]. (Msb.) One says سِهَامٌ صِيغَةٌ (S, O, K) Arrows [one in make;] uniform; (TA;) of the make of one man. (S, O, K, * TA.) And صِيغَةُ ا@للّٰهِ, meaning (assumed tropical:) The creation of God. (Msb.) And هُوَ حَسَنُ الصِّيغَةِ (tropical:) He is goodly in respect of make and of stature: or this means هُوَ حَسَنُ العَمَلِ [which may in this case be correctly rendered he is goodly in respect of make: and also he is good in respect of work]. (TA.) And هُوَ مِنْ صِيغَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ (tropical:) He is of a generous origin. (Ibn-' Abbád, Z, O, K, TA.) And صِيغَةُ القَوْلِ كَذَا (tropical:) The mode, manner, fashion, or form, of the saying is thus. (Msb.) And صِيغَةُ الأَمْرِ كَذَا وَكَذَا (assumed tropical:) The shape of the affair, or case, is thus and thus. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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