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صَائِغٌ ذ and ↓ صَوَّاغٌ (S, MA, O, Msb, K, KL) and ↓ صَيَّاغٌ , (S, O, K, KL,) the last of the dial. of El- Hijáz, (S, O,) originally صَيْوَاغٌ, (IJ, O, TA,) thus altered by some, from صَيْوَاغٌ to صَيَّاغٌ, because of their disliking the double و, (IJ, TA,) One who practises, or performs, the craft, art, work, or operation, termed صِيَاغَة [or melting gold &c., and pouring it forth into a mould; &c.; as expl. in the first sentence of this art.]; (S, O, Msb, K, TA;) [generally meaning] a goldsmith, or worker in gold: (MA, KL:) the pl. of صَائِغٌ is صَاغَةٌ [originally صَوَغَةٌ] and صُوَّاغٌ and صُيَّاغٌ. (TA.) One says, الحُلِىِّ ↓ هُوَ صَوَّاغُ [and صَائِغُهَا i. e. He is the moulder of ornaments, or of women's ornaments, of gold or of silver &c.]. (TA.) [And hence مِلْحُ الصَّاغَةِ lit. Goldsmiths' salt; meaning chrysocolla, i. e. borax: thus termed in the language of the present day.] Aboo-Ráfi' the صَائِغ is related to have said, كَانَ عُمَرُ يُمَازِحُنِى يَقُولُ يَقُولُ اليَوْمَ وَغَدًا ↓ أَكْذَبُ النَّاسِ الصَّوَّاغُ [' Omar used to jest with me, saying, The most lying of men is the goldsmith, who says, To-day, and Tomorrow]. (TA.) And ↓ كَذِبَةٌ كَذَبَهَا الصَّوَّاغُونَ [lit. A lie which the goldsmiths have told] is a saying (of Aboo-Hureyreh, O) occurring in a trad. (S, O.) ― -b2- [Hence,] the pl. صُوَّاغٌ means (tropical:) Persons who alter speech, [embellish it with lies,] and falsify it, or forge it: and ↓ صَوَّاغٌ , (tropical:) one who moulds speech, and falsifies it, or embellishes it with lies: (TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ صَيِّغٌ , (O, K, TA,) originally صَيْوِغٌ, (TA,) (tropical:) one who lies much, and embellishes his speech [with lies]: (K, O, TA:) the pl. of this last is صَاغَةٌ, like سَادَةٌ pl. of سَيِّدٌ. (TA.) [See also صَبَّاغٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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