صَنِيعٌ

a verbal noun of 1 [q. v.]. (MA.)

And i. q. ↓ مَصْنُوعٌ [meaning Made, wrought, manufactured, fabricated, or constructed: or made, &c., skilfully, or well: see 1, first sentence]. (TA.)

[Hence,] (tropical:) Food (O, K, TA) that is made, or prepared, and to which people are invited; (TA;) and ↓ مَصْنَعَةٌ signifies [the same, i. e.] (tropical:) a repast, feast, or banquet, to which friends are invited: (O, K, TA:) one says, كُنْتُ فِى صَنِيعِ فُلَانٍ (tropical:) I was at the repast of such a one, made, or prepared, by him, to which people were invited: and ↓ المَصْنَعَةِ (tropical:) the repast to which friends were invited. (TA.) And (i. e. the former word) (tropical:) Food prepared to be dispensed in the way, or cause, of God. (TA.)

Also, applied to a sword, Polished, (S, O, K, TA,) and proved by experience; and so applied to an arrow: (K, TA:) or, applied to a sword, frequently renovated by polishing: (A, TA:) plural صُنُعٌ. (TA.)

And, applied to a horse, (tropical:) Well tended; (S, O, K, TA;) supplied with fodder, and fattened. (TA.) And [in like manner it is applied to a human being:] one says, هُوَ صَنِيعِى (tropical:) He is the person whom I have reared; and whom I have educated, disciplined, or trained, well; (O, K, TA;) and so ↓ صَنِيعَتِى; (S, * O, K, TA;) and فُلَانٍ ↓ هُوَ مُصْطَنَعَةُ (tropical:) he is the person whom such a one has reared; &c. (Z, TA.)

And (tropical:) A goodly and clean garment. (A, L, TA.)

And A deed, or an action; (S, O, K, KL;) and so ↓ صَنِيعَةٌ: (Ham p. 198:) one says, صَنَعَ بِهِ صَنِيعًا قَبِيحًا He did to him an evil, or a foul, deed: (S, O, K:) and ↓ سُوْءُ صَنِيعَةٍ means The evil [consequence] of a deed. (Ham ubi suprà.) And [particularly] A good deed, a benefit, favour, or kind act; (O, K, TA;) and so ↓ صَنِيعَةٌ: (S, * O, Msb, K:) [see a verse cited voce مَصْنَعٌ:] plural [of either, of the latter agreeably with rule,] صَنَايءِعُ. (O, K.)

-A2- Also Skilful in work of the hands or hand: (S, O, K, TA:) feminine [in this sense] with ة. (TA.) See صَنَعٌ, in four places. Accord. to IDrst, ↓ صَنِعٌ [likewise] signifies Skilled, or skilful, as particle n. of صَنِعَ; but IB says that صَنِعَ has not been heard. (TA.)