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صَادِعٌ

Root: صدع

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صَادِعٌ [act. part. n. of صَدَعَ; Cleaving, splitting, &c.]
2 [Hence,] applied to a valley, and a road, or way, (سَبِيلٌ, O, TA, in the K erroneously written سَيْلٌ [a torrent], TA, [or both may be correct,]) and a mountain, (K, TA, [in the O, حَبْلٌ is put for جَبَلٌ,]) Extending far along the earth.
3 And, applied to the daybreak, Shining, or bright; syn. مُشْرِقٌ.
4 Also One who decides, or judges, between, or among, a people, or party.
5 A poet (قيس بن ذريح) says, فَلَمَّا بَدَا مِنْهَا الفِرَاقُ كَمَا بَدَا بِظَهْرِ الصَّفَا الصَّلْدِ الشُّقُوقُ الصَّوَادِعُ [i. e. And when separation from her appeared, like as appear the cleaving cracks in the surface of the hard and smooth rock]: it may be that is syn. with تَصَدَّعَ in some dial. [and that صَوَادِع is pl. of its part. n.]: or this may be an instance of a possessive epithet, meaning having a cleaving.
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