Arabic

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Root
ص ن ع (ṣ n ʕ)
11 terms

Etymology

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Verbal noun of صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa, to make, manufacture).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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صِنَاعَة (ṣināʕaf (plural صِنَاعَات (ṣināʕāt) or صَنَائِع (ṣanāʔiʕ))

  1. verbal noun of صَنَعَ (ṣanaʕa) (form I)
  2. art, skill
  3. occupation, profession
  4. handicraft
  5. trade, craft
  6. manufacture
  7. industry

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Sabar, Yona (2002). A Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dictionary: Dialects of Amidya, Dihok, Nerwa and Zakho, Northwestern Iraq: Based on Old and New Manuscripts, Oral and Written Bible Translations, Folkloric Texts, and Diverse Spoken Registers, with an Introduction to Grammar and Semantics, and an Index of Talmudic Words Which Have Reflexes in Jewish Neo-Aramaic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “صناعة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN