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صانِع
maker (craftsman, manufacturer) /ˈsˤaː.niʕ/
nounB2#3322 most common
Also: craftsman, manufacturer, one who makes/does
Example sentences
هُوَ صانِعٌ ماهِرٌ.
He is a skilled craftsman.
صانِعُ الأَحذِيَةِ يَعمَلُ في السّوقِ.
The shoemaker works in the market.
أَصبَحَ صانِعَ الخُبزِ المُفَضَّلَ في المَدينَةِ.
He became the city's favorite bread maker.
الرَّئيسُ هُوَ صانِعُ القَرارِ الأَخيرِ في هذِهِ القَضِيَّةِ.
The president is the final decision-maker in this matter.
يَعتَبِرُهُ الكَثيرونَ صانِعَ أَحلامٍ لِلأَطفالِ الفُقَراءِ.
Many consider him a dream-maker for poor children.
لا يُمكِنُ إِنكارُ دَورِ صُنّاعِ السِّياسَةِ في تَشكيلِ مُستَقبَلِ الاقتِصادِ.
The role of policymakers in shaping the economy's future cannot be denied.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صانِعٌ | صُنّاعٌ |
| Genitive | صانِعٍ | صُنّاعٍ |
| Accusative | صانِعاً | صُنّاعاً |
| Vocative | يا صانِعُ | يا صُنّاعُ |
Word family
صَنَعَhe made, manufactured
صِناعةindustry, craft
مَصنَعfactory
صُنعthe act of making
صِناعِيّindustrialEtymology
صانِع comes from the triliteral Semitic root ص-ن-ع (ṣ-n-ʿ), which carries the sense of making, crafting, or manufacturing. صانِع is the active participle form of this root, built on the common فاعِل pattern used across Arabic to mean the doer of an action. The same root gives صِناعة (industry, craft) and مَصنَع (factory).
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