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صَنْع

making /ˈsˤanʕ/

nounA2#864 most common

Also: manufacture, production, fabrication

Example sentences

أُحِبُّ صَنْعَ الخُبْزِ.
I like making bread.
صَنْعُ السَّيّاراتِ عَمَلٌ مُهِمٌّ.
Car manufacture is an important job.
تَعَلَّمَتْ فاطِمَةُ صَنْعَ الفَخّارِ فِي القَرْيَةِ.
Fatima learned pottery making in the village.
يَحْتاجُ صَنْعُ القَرارِ الصَّحيحِ إِلى وَقْتٍ وَهُدوءٍ.
Making the right decision needs time and calm.
أَصْبَحَ صَنْعُ السَّلامِ بَيْنَ البَلَدَيْنِ هَدَفًا بَعيدَ المَنالِ.
Peace-making between the two countries became a far-off goal.
إِنَّ إِعادَةَ صَنْعِ القِطَعِ التّالِفَةِ تُقَلِّلُ مِنَ الهَدْرِ الصِّناعِيِّ.
Remanufacturing the damaged parts reduces industrial waste.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
NominativeصَنْعٌNone
GenitiveصَنْعٍNone
AccusativeصَنْعًاNone
Vocativeيا صَنْعُNone

Word family

صَنَعَto make, manufacture
صِناعةindustry, manufacturing
مَصْنَعfactoryصانِعmaker, manufacturer
مَصْنوعmanufactured, made

Etymology

صَنْع is the verbal noun of the verb صَنَعَ, to make or to craft. It comes from the Semitic triliteral root ṣ-n-ʿ, which carries the sense of skilled making and building. The same root gives صِناعة, industry, and the place name صَنْعاء, the Yemeni capital, traditionally read as a well-built town.

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