صدع

صِدْعٌ ذ The half of a thing that is cloven, or split, or slit, in halves. (K, * TA. [See also صِدْعَةٌ.]) You say, صَدَعَ الشَّىْءَ صِدْعَيْنِ He clave, or split, or slit, the thing in halves. (TA.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) A company of men. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) ― -b3- And (assumed tropical:) A woman who makes a division in the state of a people and does not repair it. (Ibn- 'Abbád, O, TA.)