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انصدع

Root: صدع

Form: 7

Full Definition

انصدعVII [generally said of a hard thing, such as a glass vessel, and a wall, and the like of these, ] It became cloven, split, slit, or cracked; or, in an intrans. sense, it clave, split, slit, or cracked; syn. اِنْشَقَّ: [or so as to become divided in halves: or so that it did not separate: ] as also تصدّع [but app. in an intensive sense, meaning it became cloven &c., or it clave &c., much, or in several places]. One says, البَيْضَةُ وَلَمْ تَتَفَلَّقْ [The egg cracked, or rather cracked in several places, but did not split apart]. (AZ, S in art. قيض.) And تصدّع الثَّوْبُ The garment, or piece of cloth, became slit or rent, or much slit or rent; i. q. اِنْصَاحَ. (Msb in art. صيح.) And انصدعت الأَرْضُ بِالنَّبَاتِ The earth clave with, or became cloven by, the plants, or herbage; as also تصدّعت . And انصدع الصُّبْحُ The dawn broke; like انفجر, and انفلق, and انفطر.
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