ṣawwara

draw, portray

صَوَّرَ

Word

Verb · Form II

Root

ص و ر

Forms

Present
يُصَوِّرُ
Verbal noun
تَصْوِير

In the library

هُوَ الَّذِي يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِي الْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَاءُ ۚ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ

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Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ صَوَّرَيُصَوِّرُ—
she هِيَ صَوَّرَتتُصَوِّرُ—
they two (m.) هُما صَوَّرايُصَوِّرانِ—
they two (f.) هُما صَوَّرَتاتُصَوِّرانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ صَوَّرُوايُصَوِّرُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ صَوَّرْنَيُصَوِّرْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ صَوَّرْتَتُصَوِّرُصَوِّرْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ صَوَّرْتِتُصَوِّرِينَصَوِّرِي
you two أَنْتُما صَوَّرْتُماتُصَوِّرانِصَوِّرَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ صَوَّرْتُمتُصَوِّرُونَصَوِّرُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ صَوَّرْتُنَّتُصَوِّرْنَصَوِّرْنَ
I أَنا صَوَّرْتُأُصَوِّرُ—
we نَحْنُ صَوَّرْنانُصَوِّرُ—

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • صَارَهُ Form I He made it
    , aor. يَصُورُ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. صَوْرٌ, (M, K,) He made it (a thing, M, K, or, as some say, specially the neck, M) to incline, or lean; (S, M, K;) as also صارهُ, aor. يَصِيرُ; (S;) and ↓ اصارهُ: (S, M, Msb, K:) or he demolished it threw it down, or pulled it down to the ground; as also ↓ اصارهُ. (K.) One says, of a man, يَصُورْ عُنُقَهُ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ He inclines his neck to the thing. (Lth.) And صُرْتُ إِلَىَّ الشَّىْءَ, and ↓ أَصَرْتُهُ, I inclined, or bent, the thing to, or towards, me. (El-Ahmar.) And صُرْتُ الغُصْنَ لِأَجْتَنِىَ الثَّمَرَ [I inclined, or bent, the branch, that I might pluck, or gather, the fruit]. (A.) And قُلُوبٌ لَا تَصُورُهَا الأَرْحَامُ (assumed tropical:) [Hearts which the ties of relationship do not incline]. (TA, from a trad.) فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ, in the Kur [ii. 262], means And turn them towards thee; and so فَصِرْهُنَّ: (Akh, S, M:) but the former is the more common reading: this is the meaning commonly known, of each reading: though Lh says that the former means as above, and the latter means cut them, and divide them, in pieces; (M;) and some thus explain the former, making a transposition in the verse, as though the words were thus, فَخُذْ إِلَيْكَ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ ٱلطَّّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ. (S.) One says also, صُرْ إِلَىَّ, and صُرْ وَجْهَكَ إِلَىَّ, Turn thou thy face towards me. (Akh, S.) And صَارَ وَجْهَهُ, aor. يَصُورُ, (M, K,) and يَصِيرُ, (K,) He turned his face towards a person or thing. (M, K.) And هُوَ يَصُورَ مَعْرُوفَهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ (tropical:) [He turns his beneficence towards men]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Agreeably with a statement cited above, it is said that] صَارَهُ, aor. as above, (S, K,) and so the inf. n., (TA,) signifies also He dissected it; or cut it, or divided it, in pieces. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- And hence, (TA,) صَارَ الحُكْمَ (assumed tropical:) He (the judge, A, TA) decided the judgment. (S, * A, TA.) ― -b4- [Freytag states, on the authority of the Kitáb el-Addád, that صار, aor. as above, has two contr. significations: He separated, or dispersed: ― -b5- and He collected.] ― -b6- See also 2. -A2- صَارَ also signifies He (a man, M) uttered a cry, or sound. (M, K.) -A3- صَوِرَ, (M, A, K,) [aor. يَصْوَرُ,] inf. n. صَوَرٌ, (S, M, A,) He, (Lth,) or it, (a thing, M, Msb, K, or a man's neck, M, A, *) inclined, or leaned; (Lth, S, * M, A, K;) as also ↓ انصار: (S, M, Msb, K: *) it bent; or was, or became, crooked. (A.) One says, فِى عُنُقِهِ صَوَرٌ In his neck is an inclining; and a bending, or crookedness. (A.) ― -b2- And صَوَرٌ as an attribute of a man signifies also (tropical:) An inclining, or inclination; (S;) a desiring, or desire. (S, Msb.)
  • صوّر Form II He formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, or pictured
    [inf. n. تَصْوِيرٌ,] He formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, or pictured, him, or it; (S, M, K;) and ↓ تصوّر signifies the same; (Msb, and Bd in iii. 4;) and so does ↓ صار, accord. to Aboo-'Alec, in the saying, " بَنَاهُ وَصَلَّبَ فِيهِ وَصَارَا " [Which (referring to a church) he has built, and in which he has made a cross, or crosses, and has made sculptured, or painted, work]. (M.) One says, صَوَّرَهُ ٱللّٰهُ صُورَةً حَسَنَةً [God formed him a goodly, or beautiful, form]. (S.) ― -b2- See also 5, in two places.
  • أَصْوَرَ Form IV Open entry
    see 1, in three places.
  • تصوّر Form V He, or it, was, or became, formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, or pictured
    He, or it, was, or became, formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, or pictured. (S, M, K, TA.) ― -b2- And [hence,] تصوّر لِى [and لِى ↓ صُوِّرَ, like تَخَيَّلَ لِى and خُيِّلَ لِى,] It appeared to my mind, or imagination, (S, Msb,) as an image, or a picture. (Msb.) -A2- See also 2. ― -b2- [Hence,] تصوّر شَيْيأًا He imagined a thing; imaged it in the mind; as also ↓ صوّرهُ; [like تَخَيَّلَهُ and خَيَّلَهُ;] he imagined, or conceived, the form of the thing. (S.) [تَصَوُّرٌ in logic signifies The forming of an idea; conception, perception, or apprehension; sometimes qualified by the epithet سَاذَجٌ i. e. simple.] -A3- Also He (being pierced with a spear or the like) inclined, to fall: (S:) or he (being struck) fell: (M, K:) or he, or it, fell, or alighted. (TA.)
  • اِنْصَارَ Form VII It (a thing) became demolished, and cut, or divided, in pieces
    : see صَوِرَ. ― -b2- Also It (a thing) became demolished, and cut, or divided, in pieces: (O:) it (a mountain) became demolished, and fell: (Sgh, TA:) it cracked, and split. (TA.)
  • اصطارهُ Form VIII He doubled it, or folded it; or he bent it
    He doubled it, or folded it; or he bent it; syn. ثَنَاهُ. (O.)
  • صَارٌ Open entry
    : see صَيِّرٌ, below, in two places.
  • صَوْرٌ Small palm-trees
    Small palm-trees: (M, K:) or a collection of small palm-trees: (S, M, K:) a word having no proper sing.: (S, M:) [but see صَوْرَةٌ:] pl. صِيرَانٌ: (Sh, M, K:) and other trees: pl. as above. (Sh, TA.) ― -b2- Also The root of a palmtree, (M, K,) or of a palm-trunk. (M.) ― -b3- And The bank, or side, of a river or rivulet. (M, K.) ― -b4- And The side of the neck. (O, * K, * TA. [In the CK, واللِّيتِ is erroneously put for وَاللِّيتُ.]) ― -b5- And The forelock: so in the saying of a rájiz, " كَأَنَّ عُرْفًا مَايأِلًا مِنْ صَوْرِهِ " [As though a mane inclining from his forelock]. (S.)
  • صُورٌ A horn
    A horn: (S, M:) and a horn in which one blows: (S, M, K:) so in the Kur [vi. 73, &c.], يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ [i. e. On the day when the horn shall be blown in]: El-Kelbee says, I know not what is الصور: and it is said to be pl. of صُورَةٌ, like as بُسْرٌ is of بُسْرَةٌ; [or rather a coll. gen. n., of which صُورَةٌ is the n. un.;] i. e., [the phrase means] when the souls shall be blown into the forms of the dead: and El-Hasan read فِى الصُّوَرِ: (S, L, TA:) this is related on the authority of AO; but AHeyth asserts him to have said wrong. (L, TA.)
  • صَوَرٌ An itching
    inf. n. of صَوِرَ [q. v.]. (M, A.) ― -b2- Also An itching (أُكَالٌ) in the head. (IAar, TA.) [See also صَوْرَةٌ.]
  • صَارَةٌ head
    The head, (O,) or the upper, or uppermost, part, (K,) of a mountain: (O, K:) and صُوأَيْرَةٌ [with ء] has been heard from the Arabs as its dim. (TA.) -A2- See also صِوَارٌ.
  • صَوْرَةٌ An inclination, or a desire
    (tropical:) An inclination, or a desire. (TA.) You say, أَرَى لَكَ إِلَيْهِ صَوْرَةً (tropical:) I see thee to have a loving inclination to him. (A.) And مَا بِى إِلَيْهَا صَوْرَةٌ (tropical:) I have not any inclination to, or desire for, her. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b2- And An itching, or itch, (حِكَّة,) in the head: (A:) or an affection like حِكَّة in a man's head, occasioning a desire to be loused. (S, M, K.) [See also صَوَرٌ.] -A2- And A palm-tree. (IAar.) [See also صَوْرٌ.]

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