صائغ

Arabic

Etymology

active participle of صَاغَ‎ (ṣāḡa, “to shape; to mold”), from the root ص و غ‎ (ṣ-w-ḡ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sˤaː.ʔiɣ/

Noun

صَائِغ • (ṣāʔiḡ) m (plural صُيَّاغ‎ (ṣuyyāḡ) or صَاغَة‎ (ṣāḡa) or صُوَّاغ‎ (ṣuwwāḡ), feminine صَائِغَة‎ (ṣāʔiḡa))

  1. goldsmith; jeweler

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “ص و غ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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