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صِدْعَةٌ

Root: صدع

Full Definition

صِدْعَةٌ The half of a thing that is cloven, split, or slit, in halves; as also صَدِيعٌ . (K. [See also صِدْعٌ.])
2 And A [herd such as is termed] صِرْمَة of camels; and so صَدِيعٌ : or, accord. to AZ, a herd of camels amounting to sixty. And A separate flock, or herd, of sheep or goats; as also صَدِيعٌ : or, as some say, of these also, amounting to sixty: and it is said to signify also a herd of gazelles: and صَدِيعٌ signifies also a herd of oxen [probably meaning wild oxen].
3 One says also, عَلَيْهِ صِدْعَةٌ مِنْ مَالٍ i. e. [On him lies a debt of] a small amount of property.
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