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Form 1صَارَهُ9 senses · 3 main
maṣdarصَوْرٌ صَوَرٌmuḍāriʿيَصُورُ يَصِيرُ يَصْوَرُ

Core sense — he made it incline, or lean; he turned it towards himself; he demolished itgenerated

1.1figurative · مجازhe inclines his neck to the thing—يَصُورْ عُنُقَهُ إِلَى الشَّىْءِ

he made it incline, or lean — said of a thing, or, as some say, specially of the neck. Also صارهُ, muḍāriʿ يَصِيرُ and اصارهُ. Or he demolished it, threw it down, or pulled it down to the ground; also اصارهُ.

I inclined, or bent, the thing towards me—صُرْتُ إِلَىَّ الشَّىْءَ

Said of a man.

El-Ahmar gives أَصَرْتُهُ in the same sense.

[I inclined, or bent, the branch, that I might pluck, or gather, the fruit]—صُرْتُ الغُصْنَ لِأَجْتَنِىَ الثَّمَرَ
[Hearts which the ties of relationship do not incline]—قُلُوبٌ لَا تَصُورُهَا الأَرْحَامُ
And turn them towards you—فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ

In the Qur'ān 2:262. The reading فَصِرْهُنَّ has the same meaning, but the former is the more common reading, and this is the meaning commonly known of each reading. Lh says that the former means as above, while the latter means: cut them, and divide them, in pieces; and some explain the former in that way too, taking the words of the verse as transposed, as though they were فَخُذْ إِلَيْكَ أَرْبَعَةً مِنَ ٱلطَّّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ.

turn your face towards me—صُرْ إِلَىَّ

One says also صُرْ وَجْهَكَ إِلَىَّ.

he turned his face towards a person or thing—صَارَ وَجْهَهُ

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[He turns his beneficence towards men]—هُوَ يَصُورَ مَعْرُوفَهُ إِلَى النَّاسِ
1.1.1he dissected it; or cut it, or divided it, in pieces—صَارَهُ

Agreeing with a statement cited above; muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe decided the judgment—صَارَ الحُكْمَ

And hence, said of the judge.

1.1.3he separated, or dispersed—صار

Freytag states, on the authority of the Kitāb el-Aḍdād, that this verb, muḍāriʿ as above, has two opposite meanings.

1.1.4

And: he collected.

1.1.5

See also form 2.

1.2he uttered a cry, or sound—صَارَ

Said of a man.

1.3he, or it, inclined, or leaned—صَوِرَ

Said of a thing, or of a man's neck.

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it bent, or became crooked—انصار
in his neck is an inclining, and a bending, or crookedness—فِى عُنُقِهِ صَوَرٌ
1.3.1figurative · مجازan inclining, or inclination; a desiring, or desire—صَوَرٌ

Said as an attribute of a man.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
2:260
وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ أَرِنِى كَيْفَ تُحْىِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ ۖ قَالَ أَوَلَمْ تُؤْمِن ۖ قَالَ بَلَىٰ وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَطْمَئِنَّ قَلْبِى ۖ قَالَ فَخُذْ أَرْبَعَةً مِّنَ ٱلطَّيْرِ فَصُرْهُنَّ إِلَيْكَ ثُمَّ ٱجْعَلْ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ جَبَلٍ مِّنْهُنَّ جُزْءًا ثُمَّ ٱدْعُهُنَّ يَأْتِينَكَ سَعْيًا ۚ وَٱعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

When Abraham said: "Show me, Lord, how You will raise the dead, " He replied: "Have you no faith?" He said "Yes, but just to reassure my heart." Allah said, "Take four birds, draw them to you, and cut their bodies to pieces. Scatter them over the mountain-tops, then call them back. They will come swiftly to you. Know that Allah is Mighty, Wise."

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, 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 [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 [He turns his beneficence towards men]. (TA.) [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.) And hence, (TA,) صَارَ الحُكْمَ He (the judge, A, TA) decided the judgment. (S, * A, TA.) [Freytag states, on the authority of the Kitáb el-Addád, that صار , aor. as above, has two contr. significations: He separated, or dispersed: and He collected.] See also 2. صَارَ also signifies He (a man, M) uttered a cry, or sound. (M, K.) 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.) And صَوَرٌ as an attribute of a man signifies also An inclining, or inclination; (S;) a desiring, or desire. (S, Msb.)
Form 2صوّر2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَصْوِيرٌ

Core sense — he formed, fashioned, or shaped him, or itgenerated

2.1he made sculptured, or painted, work—صار

. He formed, fashioned, or shaped him, or it; he sculptured or pictured it. تصوّر means the same.

According to Aboo-'Alee this verb has the same meaning in the saying: [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]

shāhid
بَنَاهُ وَصَلَّبَ فِيهِ وَصَارَا
[God formed him a goodly, or beautiful, form]—صَوَّرَهُ ٱللّٰهُ صُورَةً حَسَنَةً
Lane cites “Bd in iii. 4” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given
2.1.1

See also form 5, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2 2 shown of 4
3:6
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ ۚ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

He it is Who shapes you in the wombs as He pleases. There is no god but He, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

64:3
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions, and has given you shape, and made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the final Goal.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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[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, 1 [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.) بَنَاهُ وَصَلَّبَ فِيهِ وَصَارَا See also 5, in two places.
Form 4أَصْوَرَ1 sense

Core sense — he made it incline, or leangenerated

4.1

See form 1, in three places.

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see 1, in three places.
Form 5تصوّر5 senses · 3 main

Core sense — he became formed, or fashioned; he imagined it, he conceived its formgenerated

5.1

He, or it, was, or became, formed, fashioned, or shaped; sculptured, or pictured.

5.1.1it appeared to my mind, or imagination, as an image, or a picture—تصوّر لِى

And hence. [And صُوِّرَ لِى, like تَخَيَّلَ لِى and خُيِّلَ لِى.]

5.2

See also form 2.

5.2.1he imagined a thing; he imaged it in the mind—تصوّر شَيْئًا
he imagined, or conceived, the form of the thing—صوّرهُ

Hence.

[Like تَخَيَّلَهُ and خَيَّلَهُ.]

[تَصَوُّرٌ in logic means the forming of an idea; conception, perception, or apprehension; sometimes qualified by the adjective سَاذَجٌ, i.e. simple.]

5.3

Also, being pierced with a spear or the like, he inclined so as to fall; or, being struck, he fell; or he, or it, fell, or alighted.

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He, or it, was, or became, formed, fashioned, figured, shaped, sculptured, or pictured. (S, M, K, TA.) And [hence,] تصوّر لِى [and صُوِّرَ لِى , like تَخَيَّلَ لِى and خُيِّلَ لِى ,] It appeared to my mind, or imagination, (S, Msb,) as an image, or a picture. (Msb.) See also 2. [Hence,] تصوّر شَيْئًا 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.] 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.)
Form 7اِنْصَارَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became demolished, and cut in pieces, and splitgenerated

7.1

See صَوِرَ.

7.1.1

Also, said of a thing: it became demolished, and cut, or divided, in pieces.

Said of a mountain: it became demolished and fell; it cracked and split.

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: see صَوِرَ . 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.)
Form 8اصطارهُ1 sense

Core sense — he doubled it, folded it, or bent itgenerated

8.1

He doubled it, or folded it; or he bent it; synonymous with ثَنَاهُ.

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He doubled it, or folded it; or he bent it; syn. ثَنَاهُ . (O.)

Derived nouns 17

Nounصَارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a herd of wild bulls or cowsgenerated

1

See صَيِّرٌ below, in two places.

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: see صَيِّرٌ , below, in two places.
Nounصَوْرٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — small palm-trees; the root of a palm-tree; the bank of a rivergenerated

1

Small palm-trees, or a collection of small palm-trees; a word having no proper singular. [But see صَوْرَةٌ.] Plural صِيرَانٌ.

Also other trees; plural as above.

1.1

Also the root of a palm-tree, or of a palm-trunk.

1.2

And the bank, or side, of a river or rivulet.

1.3

And the side of the neck.

In the CK, واللِّيتِ is wrongly put for وَاللِّيتُ.

1.4

And the forelock, as in the saying of a rājiz: [As though a mane inclining from his forelock]

shāhid
كَأَنَّ عُرْفًا مَائِلًا مِنْ صَوْرِهِ
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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.) Also The root of a palmtree, (M, K,) or of a palm-trunk. (M.) And The bank, or side, of a river or rivulet. (M, K.) And The side of the neck. (O, * K, * TA. [In the CK, واللِّيتِ is erroneously put for وَاللِّيتُ .]) And The forelock: so in the saying of a rájiz, 1 [As though a mane inclining from his forelock]. (S.) كَأَنَّ عُرْفًا مَائِلًا مِنْ صَوْرِهِ
Nounصُورٌ1 sense

Core sense — a horn; a horn in which one blowsgenerated

1On the day when the horn shall be blown in—يَوْمَ يُنْفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ

A horn; and a horn in which one blows. So in the Qur'ān 6:73 and elsewhere.

El-Kelbee says: I do not know what الصور is. It is said to be the plural of صُورَةٌ, as بُسْرٌ is of بُسْرَةٌ [or rather a collective generic noun, of which صُورَةٌ is the ism waḥda]; that is, the phrase means: when the souls shall be blown into the forms of the dead. El-Hasan read فِى الصُّوَرِ; this is related on the authority of AO, but AHeyth asserts that he said this wrongly.

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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.)
Nounصَوَرٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an inclining, or leaning; an itching in the headgenerated

1

Maṣdar of صَوِرَ.

1.1

Also an itching in the head. [See also صَوْرَةٌ.]

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inf. n. of صَوِرَ [q. v.]. (M, A.) Also An itching ( أُكَالٌ ) in the head. (IAar, TA.) [See also صَوْرَةٌ .]
Nounصَارَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — the head, or upper part, of a mountaingenerated

1

The head, or the upper, or uppermost, part of a mountain.

صُؤَيْرَةٌ [with ء] has been heard from the Arabs as its diminutive.

2

See also صِوَارٌ.

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The head, (O,) or the upper, or uppermost, part, (K,) of a mountain: (O, K:) and صُؤَيْرَةٌ [with ء ] has been heard from the Arabs as its dim. (TA.) See also صِوَارٌ .
Nounصَوْرَةٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — an inclination, or desire; an itching in the head; a palm-treegenerated

1figurative · مجازI see you have a loving inclination to him—أَرَى لَكَ إِلَيْهِ صَوْرَةً
I have no inclination to, or desire for, her—مَا بِى إِلَيْهَا صَوْرَةٌ

on this sense An inclination, or a desire.

1.1

And an itching, or itch, in the head; or an affection like حِكَّة in a man's head, making him want to be loused. [See also صَوَرٌ.]

2

And a palm-tree. [See also صَوْرٌ.]

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An inclination, or a desire. (TA.) You say, أَرَى لَكَ إِلَيْهِ صَوْرَةً I see thee to have a loving inclination to him. (A.) And مَا بِى إِلَيْهَا صَوْرَةٌ I have not any inclination to, or desire for, her. (TA, from a trad.) 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 .] And A palm-tree. (IAar.) [See also صَوْرٌ .]
Nounصُورَةٌ9 senses · 1 main

Core sense — form, fashion, shape; an image, or picture; the essence of a thinggenerated

1

Form, fashion, figure, shape, or semblance; synonymous with شَكْلٌ and مِثَالٌ.

The outward state of a thing: what makes a thing sensibly distinguishable, by people in general and even by many other animate beings, from other things — as the صورة of a man, of a horse, and of an ass.

1.1

And an effigy; an image, or a statue; a picture; anything formed, fashioned, or shaped after the likeness of any of God's creatures, animate or inanimate.

It is said that the maker of an image will be punished on the day of resurrection and will be commanded to put life into it, and that the angels will not enter a house in which there is a صورة. [See also تَصَاوِيرُ.]

1.2

[Hence, a mental image, or a likeness of any object formed or conceived by the mind; an idea: a meaning that occurs often in philosophical works and the like.]

1.3

And species; synonymous with نَوْعٌ.

1.4[The quality, etc., of the thing is of such a kind]—صُورَةُ الأَمْرِ كَذَا

And the essence of a thing; that by being which a thing is what it is; or the property or quality, or the whole set of properties or qualities, by which a thing is what it is; synonymous with حَقِيقَةٌ [specific character]. What makes a thing mentally distinguishable, by particular persons and not by ordinary people, from other things — as the صورة by which a man is specially distinguished, consisting in reason and thought and other distinctive attributes.

A quality, an attribute, a property; or a description, meaning the whole set of the qualities, attributes, or properties of a thing; or the state, condition, or case of a thing; synonymous with صِفَةٌ.

[The description, statement, or form, of the question is of such a kind]—صُورَةُ المَسْأَلَةِ كَذَا
[My Lord came to me tonight in a most goodly state]—أَتَانِى اللَّيْلَةَ رَبِّى فِى أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ

So in the saying of the Prophet; or صورة may here refer to the Prophet, and may mean outward state, or manner of being, or condition.

1.5

And the mode, or manner, of an action.

1.6

The plural is صُوَرٌ, صِوَرٌ, and صُورٌ; the second of these is rare, and some disallow it.

1.7

The Prophet's saying خَلَقَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ may mean that God created Adam in the صورة [or form, etc.] that He, namely God, originated and ordained; or in the صورة proper to Adam himself.

1.8the face—صُورَةٌ

So in a tradition cited under مُحَرَّمٌ, where it is said that the صورة is pronounced sacred, that is, it is not to be slapped; and in another, where it is said that the Prophet disliked marking the صورة with a hot iron.

Qur’ānic occurrences صُورَة
40:64
ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتِ ۚ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ ۖ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

It is Allah Who has made for you the earth as a resting place, and the sky as a canopy, and has given you shape- and made your shapes beautiful,- and has provided for you Sustenance, of things pure and good;- such is Allah your Lord. So Glory to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds!

64:3
خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

He has created the heavens and the earth in just proportions, and has given you shape, and made your shapes beautiful: and to Him is the final Goal.

82:8
فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

In whatever Form He wills, does He put thee together.

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Form, fashion, figure, shape, or semblance; syn. شَكْلٌ , (M, K,) and مِثَالٌ ; (Msb;) the external state of a thing; (IAth;) that whereby a thing is sensibly distinguished by men in general, and even by many other animate beings, from other things; as the صورة of a man, and of a horse, and of an ass. (B.) And An effigy; an image, or a statue; a picture; anything that is formed, fashioned, figured, or shaped, after the likeness of any of God's creatures, animate or inanimate: it is said that the maker of an effigy, or image, will be punished on the day of resurrection, and will be commanded to put life into it; and that the angels will not enter a house in which is a صورة . (Mgh.) [See also تَصَاوِيرُ .] [Hence, A mental image; or a resemblance, of any object, formed, or conceived, by the mind; an idea: a meaning of frequent occurrence in philosophical works &c.] And Species; syn. نَوْعٌ . (K.) And The essence of a thing; that by being which a thing is what it is; or the property, or quality, or the aggregate of properties or qualities, whereby a thing is what it is; syn. حَقِيقَةٌ : (IAth:) [specific character;] that whereby a thing is mentally distinguished by particular persons, not by the vulgar, from other things; as the صورة by which a man is specially distinguished, consisting in reason and thought and other distinctive attributes: (B:) a quality, an attribute, a property; or a description, as meaning the aggregate of the qualities or attributes or properties, of a thing; or the state, condition, or case, of a thing; syn. صِفَةٌ : (IAth, Msb, K:) as when you say, صُورَةُ الأَمْرِ كَذَا [The quality, &c., of the thing is of such a kind]: (IAth, Msb:) and صُورَةُ المَسْأَلَةِ كَذَا [The description, statement, or form, of the question is of such a kind]: (Msb:) and so in the saying of the Prophet, أَتَانِى اللَّيْلَةَ رَبِّى فِى أَحْسَنِ صُورَةٍ [My Lord came to me to-night in a most goodly state]; or صورة may here refer to the Prophet, and may mean external state, or manner of being, or condition. (IAth.) And The mode, or manner, of an action. (IAth.) The pl. is صُوَرٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and صِوَرٌ and صُورٌ ; (S, M, K;) the second of which is rare, and by some disallowed. (MF.) The saying of the Prophet خَلَقَ ٱللّٰهُ آدَمَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ may mean that God created Adam in the صورة [or form &c.] that He, namely, God, originated and ordained; or in the صورة proper to him, namely, Adam. (M.) صُورَةٌ signifies also The face: so in a trad. cited voce مُحَرَّمٌ ; in which it is said that the صورة is pronounced sacred, i. e. that it is not to be slapped: and in another, in which it is said that the Prophet disliked marking the صورة with a hot iron. (TA.)
Nounصُوَارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a herd of wild bulls or cows; a vesicle of muskgenerated

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Nounصِوَارٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — a herd of wild bulls or cows; a sweet odour; a vesicle of muskgenerated

1

A herd of [wild] bulls or cows; also صُوَارٌ, صِيَارٌ [written صِيّار in the CK], and صُوَّارٌ [wrongly written صُوَار in some copies of the K, which, as the TA observes, is a repetition].

The plural of the first three of these is صِيرَانٌ.

2

Also a sweet odour; and so صُوَارٌ.

2.1

And a vesicle of musk; also صُوَارٌ and صِيَارٌ.

صَارَةٌ also means the same, that is, a فَارَة or فَأْرَة of musk. Or صِوَارٌ and صُوَارٌ mean a small quantity of musk, or a piece, or portion, of it; and صِوَارٌ also means musk itself. Plural أَصْوِرَةٌ. [Said in the M to be Persian.]

3the two corners of the mouth—الصِّوَارَانِ

Commonly called الصَّوَّارَيْن or الصَّوَارَيْن; see the article صمغ.

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A herd of [wild] bulls or cows; (S, M, Msb, K;) as also صُوَارٌ and صِيَارٌ [the latter in the CK written صِيّار ] and صُوَّارٌ [in some copies of the K erroneously written صُوَار , which, as observed in the TA, is a repetition]: (M, K, TA:) pl. of the first (S, M) and second and third (M) صِيرَانٌ . (S, M.) Also A sweet odour; and so صُوَارٌ . (M, K.) And A vesicle ( وِعَآء ) of musk; (S, Msb;) as also صُوَارٌ , (Msb,) and صِيَارٌ , (S,) and صَارَةٌ [also] signifies [the same, i. e.] a فَارَة or فَأْرَة of musk: (O, K:) or صِوَارٌ and صُوَارٌ signify a small quantity of musk: (M, K:) or a piece, or portion, thereof: (M:) and صِوَارٌ signifies also musk [itself]: (TA:) pl. أَصْوِرَةٌ . (M, K.) [Said in the M to be Pers.] الصِّوَارَانِ The two corners of the mouth; (O, K;) called by the vulgar الصَّوَّارَيْن , (O, TA,) or الصَّوَارَيْن (O in art. صمغ .)
Nounصِيَارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sweet odour; a vesicle of muskgenerated

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Nounصُؤَيْرَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a little mountain-topgenerated

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[With ء] a diminutive of صَارَةٌ.

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[with ء ] a dim. of صَارَةٌ [q. v.]. (TA.)
Nounصَيِّرٌ1 sense

Core sense — goodly in formgenerated

1a man goodly in form and in appearance—رَجُلٌ صَيِّرٌ شَيِّرٌ

Goodly in صُورَة [i.e. form, etc.]; also صَارٌ.

Also صَارٌ شَارٌ: goodly in صورة [or form, etc.] and in شَارَة [i.e. appearance or apparel, etc.]. [See also شَيِّرٌ in the article شور.]

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Goodly in صُورَة [i. e. form &c.]; (Fr, S, K;) as also صَارٌ . (TA in art. شور .) One says رَجُلٌ صَيِّرٌ شَيِّرٌ (Fr, S) and صَارٌ شَارٌ (TA ubi suprà) A man goodly in صورة [or form &c.] and in شَارَة [i. e. appearance or apparel &c.]. (Fr, S.) [See also شَيِّرٌ in art. شور .]
Nounصَوَّارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a sparrow that answers when calledgenerated

1

A sparrow that answers when called.

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A sparrow ( عُصْفُورٌ ) that answers when called. (S, M, K. *)
Nounصُوَّارٌ1 sense

Core sense — a herd of wild bulls or cowsgenerated

1

See صِوَارٌ, first sentence.

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Nounأَصْوَرُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — inclining, having a bent or crooked neck; desiring a loved onegenerated

1a man with an inclining, or a bending, or crooked, neck—رَجُلٌ أَصْوَرُ

Inclining. Plural صُورٌ.

he is inclining his neck and face towards such a thing—هُوَ أَصْوَرُ إِلَى كَذَا
1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

[And hence,] having an inclination, or a desire, to, or for, a friend, or an object of love.

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Inclining: (M, K:) pl. صُورٌ . (M.) One says رَجُلٌ أَصْوَرُ A man having an inclining, or a bending, or crooked, neck. (A.) And هُوَ أَصْوَرُ إِلَى كَذَا He is inclining his neck and face towards such a thing. (A.) [And hence,] Having an inclination, or a desire, (S, M, Msb,) to, or for, ( إِلَى ,) a friend, or an object of love. (M.)
Nounتَصَاوِيرُ1 sense

Core sense — effigies, images, statues, or picturesgenerated

1

[Plural of تَصْوِيرٌ and تَصْوِيرَةٌ.] Effigies, images, or statues; pictures; and the like. [See also صُورَةٌ.]

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[pl. of تَصْوِيرٌ and تَصْوِيرَةٌ ] Effigies, images, or statues; pictures; and the like. (S, Mgh.) [See also صُورَةٌ .]
Nounمُصَوِّرٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who forms, or fashions; a sculptor, or a paintergenerated

1the Former, or Fashioner, of all existing things—المُصَوِرُ

As an adjective applied to God: He who has established all existing things and has given to every one of them, with all their variety and multitude, a special form and a particular manner of being by which it is distinguished.

[A sculptor; and a painter, or the like.]

Qur’ānic occurrences مُصَوِّر
59:24
هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَـٰلِقُ ٱلْبَارِئُ ٱلْمُصَوِّرُ ۖ لَهُ ٱلْأَسْمَآءُ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ ۚ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۖ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

He is Allah, the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms (or Colours). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: whatever is in the heavens and on earth, doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

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[A sculptor; and a painter, or limner, or the like]. المُصَوِرُ as an epithet of God, The Former, or Fashioner, of all existing things, who hath established them, and given to every one of them a special form and a particular manner of being whereby it is distinguished, with their variety and multitude. (TA.)