صيغة

See also: ضيعة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ص و غ (ṣ-w-ḡ); compare صَاغَ (ṣāḡa, “to cast metal, to form”).

Noun

صِيغَة • (ṣīḡa) f (plural صِيَغ (ṣiyaḡ))

1. form

   Synonym: هَيْئَة (hayʔa)

2. (grammar) form, tense
3. (law, chemistry, physics) formula
4. (computing) extension, type

   Synonym: نَوْع (nawʕ)

5. origin
6. trinkets, articles of jewelry

Declension

Declension of noun صِيغَة (ṣīḡa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِيغَة ṣīḡa	الصِّيغَة aṣ-ṣīḡa	صِيغَة ṣīḡat
Nominative	صِيغَةٌ ṣīḡatun	الصِّيغَةُ aṣ-ṣīḡatu	صِيغَةُ ṣīḡatu
Accusative	صِيغَةً ṣīḡatan	الصِّيغَةَ aṣ-ṣīḡata	صِيغَةَ ṣīḡata
Genitive	صِيغَةٍ ṣīḡatin	الصِّيغَةِ aṣ-ṣīḡati	صِيغَةِ ṣīḡati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِيغَتَيْن ṣīḡatayn	الصِّيغَتَيْن aṣ-ṣīḡatayn	صِيغَتَيْ ṣīḡatay
Nominative	صِيغَتَانِ ṣīḡatāni	الصِّيغَتَانِ aṣ-ṣīḡatāni	صِيغَتَا ṣīḡatā
Accusative	صِيغَتَيْنِ ṣīḡatayni	الصِّيغَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣīḡatayni	صِيغَتَيْ ṣīḡatay
Genitive	صِيغَتَيْنِ ṣīḡatayni	الصِّيغَتَيْنِ aṣ-ṣīḡatayni	صِيغَتَيْ ṣīḡatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	صِيَغ ṣiyaḡ	الصِّيَغ aṣ-ṣiyaḡ	صِيَغ ṣiyaḡ
Nominative	صِيَغٌ ṣiyaḡun	الصِّيَغُ aṣ-ṣiyaḡu	صِيَغُ ṣiyaḡu
Accusative	صِيَغًا ṣiyaḡan	الصِّيَغَ aṣ-ṣiyaḡa	صِيَغَ ṣiyaḡa
Genitive	صِيَغٍ ṣiyaḡin	الصِّيَغِ aṣ-ṣiyaḡi	صِيَغِ ṣiyaḡi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “صيغة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “صيغة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “صيغة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN