Fisal’s Dictionary: “to make”
Posted on 26. May, 2012 by Fisal in Arabic Language, Culture, Current Affairs, Grammar, History, Language, Literature, Pronunciation, Vocabulary
Fisal’s Dictionary: ” to make صـنـع ”
Today, we are going to go on a journey to the depths of the Arabic Dictionary to discover some of its secrets. We will look up the root verb صـَــنـــَـعَ and explore some of its derivatives.
* صـَــنــَـعَ [V. T. ] = to make / to manufacture / to fabricate
Ex. – صنعـت الأمُّ طعاماً لذيذاً = Mother made delicious food.
- يصنع النجارون الأثاث = Carpenters make furniture.
* صـَـانـِـع [N. C.] = male maker ; the male person who makes.
Ex. – هـُو صانع جيد = He is a good maker.
* صـُـنـَّـاع / صـَـانـعـُـون / صـَـانـعـيـن [N. Pl.] = makers; plural of صانع
* صـِـنـَـاعـَـة [N. C.] = making / industry / manufacturing / fabrication; ( Pl. صـِـنـَـاعـَـات )
Ex. – يسعى المستهلكون لـِـصناعات عالية الجودة
= Consumers seek high quality industries.
* صـِـنـَـاعـِـيّ [Adj.] = made / artificial / unnatural .
Ex. – هذا حريرٌ صناعي = This is artificial silk.
- يحتاج المريضُ إلى تنفسٍ صناعي = The patient needs artificial respiration.
* صـُــنــْــع [N. U.] = making / manufacturing / fabrication / creation
Ex. – هذا صــُــنــْــعُ الله = This is God’s make.
* صـَــنــيــع [N. U.] = a good deed / a favor
Ex. - هل تـقـدم لي صـَــنـيـعــا ؟ ً = Can you do me a favor?
– لن أنسى لك هذا الصنيع = I will not forget that favor of yours.
* مـَــصـْـنــَــع [N. C.] = factory; ( Pl. مَـصـَـانـِـع )
Ex. – تبنى الحكومة مصانع كثيرة = The government builds a lot of factories.
* صـَـنــْــعــَــة [N. C.] = craft ; ( pl. صـَــنــَــائــِــع )
* صــَــنــَّــعَ [ V. T.] = to industrialize / to make
Ex. – صـنــَّــعَ القدماء المصريون منتجات كثيرة
= The ancient Egyptians industrialized a lot of products.
* تــَــصــْــنـيـع [N. U.] = industrialization / manufacturing
Ex. – التصنيع هو مسألة حياة أو موت = Industrialization is a matter of life or death.
* تــَــصـَـنــَّــعَ [V. I.] = to pretend
Ex. – تـصـنــّـعَ جـُـون المرض = John pretended to be ill.
* تــَــصــَــنــُّـع [N. U.] = pretense
Ex. – الـتـصــنـــُّـع مـرض خـطـيــر = Pretense is a serious disease.
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- (Note: N.=Noun /C.= Countable / U.= Uncountable / V.= Verb / Ph. V. = Phrasal Verb / Adj.= Adjective / Adv.= Adverb / Prep.=Preposition / Pl.= Plural).
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About Fisal
Well, I was born near the city of Rasheed or Rosetta. Yes, the city where the Rosetta Stone was discovered. It is a small city on the north of Egypt where the Nile meets the Mediterranean. I am a Teacher of EFL. I got my BA in Education from Alexandria University Majoring in the English Language in 1999. I did some advanced studies and got a Professional Diploma in Education Technology in 2002. Then, in 2003 I got a Special Diploma in Education with a major in Curricula and Methodologies. I travelled for an Advanced Training Course at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, U.K. in 2006. In 2007 - 2008 I was a Fulbright Fellow - Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language (FLTA Program) at Marlboro College, Vermont, USA. I have the ICDL Certificate.One Response to “Fisal’s Dictionary: “to make””
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