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صِناعَة
industry /sˤiˈnaː.ʕa/
nounB1#2218 most common
Also: manufacturing, craft, making
Example sentences
هَذِهِ صِناعَةٌ كَبيرَةٌ.
This is a big industry.
تَشتَهِرُ بِلادُنا بِصِناعَةِ النَّسيج.
Our country is famous for the textile industry.
يَعمَلُ أَبي في صِناعَةِ السَّيّارات.
My father works in the car industry.
تَعتَمِدُ صِناعَةُ الأَدوِيَةِ على البَحثِ العِلميِّ المُستَمِرّ.
The pharmaceutical industry relies on continuous scientific research.
شَهِدَت صِناعَةُ التِّكنولوجيا نُموًّا هائِلًا في العَقدِ الأَخير.
The technology industry has seen enormous growth in the last decade.
لا يُمكِنُ فَصلُ ازدِهارِ الصِناعَةِ الوَطَنيَّةِ عن سِياساتٍ اقتِصادِيَّةٍ تَحمي المُنتَجَ المَحَلّيَّ وتُشَجِّعُ الابتِكار.
The prosperity of national industry cannot be separated from economic policies that protect the local product and encourage innovation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | صِناعَةٌ | صِناعاتٌ |
| Genitive | صِناعَةٍ | صِناعاتٍ |
| Accusative | صِناعَةً | صِناعاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا صِناعَةُ | يا صِناعاتُ |
Word family
صَنَعَto make, manufacture
صانِعmaker, manufacturerمَصْنَعfactoryصِناعِيّindustrial, artificialمَصْنوعmanufactured, made
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root ص-ن-ع (ṣ-n-ʿ), meaning to make or fashion. It follows the pattern fiʿāla, which in Arabic marks a craft, trade, or profession. The sense moved from the act of making by hand to the broader idea of manufacturing and industry.
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