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تشقّق

Root: شق

Form: 5

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تشقّقV quasi-pass. of 2: said of firewood &c. [as meaning It became cloven in pieces]. See 7, in two places.
2 Said of lightning: see 1, in two places, in the latter half of the paragraph.
3 Said of a horse, He was, or became, lean, or light of flesh; slender and lean; or lean, and lank in the belly.
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