فصم

7 انفصم ذ It broke (S, M, Msb, K) without becoming separated: (S. M, Msb:) [i. e. it be came cracked: ] and ↓ تفصّم has a similar meaning [i. e. it became cracked much, or in several places ]. (S, M, K.) You say, انفصم ظَهْرُهُ His back cracked. (TA.) And انفصمت الدُّرَّةُ The pearl cracked in one part thereof. (TA.) ― -b2- And It broke, or became severed, or cut off. (K.) It is said in the Kur [ii. 257], لَا ا@نْفِصَامَ لَهَا (S, M, Msb, TA) meaning There shall be no breaking incident to it. (M, TA.) ― -b3- And It opened so as to form an interstice, or a gap. (TA in art. شظى.)