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تصدّع

Root: صدع

Form: 5

Full Definition

تصدّعV , of which اِصَّدَّعَ is a var.: see 7, in four places.
2 Also It became separated, or dispersed, or scattered. One says, تصدّع القَوْمُ The people, or party, became separated, or dispersed, or scattered. And تصدّعوا عَنِّى They became separated, &c., from me. يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصَّدَّعُونَ, in the Kur [xxx. 42], means On that day they shall become separated into two parties, a party in Paradise and a party in Hell. And one says, تصدّع السَّحَابُ The clouds became [scattered, or] dissundered. And تَصَدَّعَتِ الأَرْضُ بِفُلَانٍ Such a one, fleeing, became concealed in the earth or land [as though it became cloven with him].

def.2 تصدّع لَهُ: see تصدّأ, in art. صدأ.
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