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صَنَع
to make /ˈsˤanaʕa/
verbA1#567 most common
Also: to manufacture, to craft, to produce
Example sentences
صَنَعَ الْوَلَدُ طَائِرَةً مِنَ الْوَرَقِ.
The boy made a plane out of paper.
صَنَعْتُ هَذِهِ الْهَدِيَّةَ بِنَفْسِي.
I made this gift myself.
صَنَعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ سَيَّارَةً كَهْرَبَائِيَّةً جَدِيدَةً.
The company made a new electric car.
مَنْ صَنَعَ هَذَا الْكُرْسِيَّ الْخَشَبِيَّ الْجَمِيلَ؟
Who made this beautiful wooden chair?
صَنَعَ الْحَدَّادُ سَيْفًا حَادًّا مِنَ الْحَدِيدِ بِيَدَيْهِ.
The blacksmith made a sharp sword from iron with his own hands.
لَمْ يَصْنَعْ هَذَا الْمَجْدَ إِلَّا سَنَوَاتٌ طَوِيلَةٌ مِنَ الْعَمَلِ الدَّؤُوبِ.
Only long years of diligent work made this glory.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَصْنَعُ | صَنَعْتُ | سَأَصْنَعُ |
| 2sg | تَصْنَعُ | صَنَعْتَ | سَتَصْنَعُ |
| 3sg | يَصْنَعُ | صَنَعَ | سَيَصْنَعُ |
| 1pl | نَصْنَعُ | صَنَعْنَا | سَنَصْنَعُ |
| 2pl | تَصْنَعُونَ | صَنَعْتُمْ | سَتَصْنَعُونَ |
| 3pl | يَصْنَعُونَ | صَنَعُوا | سَيَصْنَعُونَ |
Word family
صِنَاعَة (ṣināʿa)industry; craft, manufacturing
صَانِع (ṣāniʿ)maker, manufacturer
مَصْنَع (maṣnaʿ)factory
مَصْنُوع (maṣnūʿ)made, manufactured
صِنَاعِيّ (ṣināʿī)industrial; artificial
Etymology
From the triliteral Semitic root ṣ-n-ʿ, carrying the sense of making, fashioning, and crafting. The same root yields ṣināʿa, the standard Arabic word for industry, and ṣāniʿ, a maker or craftsman. It belongs to the core vocabulary of work and production.
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