صدع

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root صدع (ṣadaʿa) primarily denotes the act of splitting, cracking, or breaking something solid. It extends to concepts of separation, division, and divergence, both physical and metaphorical. It also encompasses meanings related to appearance, revelation, and the dawn.

Derived headwords

الصَّدْعnoun

1.
crack, fissureboth
A split or fissure in a solid object like glass, a wall, or the ground.
2.
division, separationboth
A state of being divided or separated, often referring to groups or opinions.
3.
piece, fragmentclassical
A piece or fragment resulting from a split.
4.
dawn, daybreakclassical
The breaking of the day, the dawn.
5.
new patch (on cloth)classical
A new patch on an old garment, resembling a split.

الصدع في الزجاجة — The crack in the glass

الأرض ذات الصدع — And the earth that splits open (Quran 86:12)

صَدَعَverb

1.
to split, crackboth
To split or crack something solid, like glass or a wall.
2.
to split (a group)both
To cause a group to split or disperse.
3.
to reveal, make clearboth
To reveal or make something clear and apparent.
4.
to cut throughclassical
To cut through or traverse a vast area like a desert or river.
5.
to speak outboth
To speak out boldly or openly about something.

صدع الشيء بنصفين — He split the thing in half

فاصدع بما تؤمر — So declare openly what you are commanded (Quran 15:94)

صَدَعَverb

1.
to split, crackboth
To split or crack (intransitive).

انْصَدَعَverb

1.
to split, crack openboth
To split or crack open, often used for the dawn or the earth.

انصدع الصبح — The dawn broke

تَصَدَّعَverb

1.
to split, crackboth
To split or crack, often used for the earth or clouds.
2.
to disperse, separateboth
To disperse or separate, referring to people or clouds.

تصدعت الأرض بالنبات — The earth cracked open with vegetation

فتصدع السحاب صدعا — Then the clouds split apart (in rain)

صَدْعَةnoun

1.
crack, splitboth
A crack or split, especially a piece torn from a garment.
2.
group (of sheep)classical
A group or division of sheep, especially for collecting tithes.
3.
sixty (camels)classical
A group of about sixty camels.

فصدعت منه صدعة فاختمرت بها — So I tore a piece from it and covered myself with it

المصدق يجعل الغنم صدعين — The one collecting tithes makes the sheep into two groups

صَدِيعnoun

1.
dawn, daybreakboth
The dawn or daybreak, due to its splitting the night.
2.
new patch (on cloth)classical
A new patch on an old garment, resembling a split.
3.
torn garmentclassical
A torn or split garment.
4.
sixty (camels)classical
A group of about sixty camels.
5.
group (of sheep)classical
A group or division of sheep.

ترى السرحان مفترشا يديه، ... كأن بياض لبته صديع — You see the wolf spreading its paws, ... as if the whiteness of its chest were the dawn

الصدعة والصديع: نحو الستين من الإبل — The ṣadʿah and the ṣadīʿ: about sixty camels

صُدَاعnoun

1.
headacheboth
A pain in the head.

الصداع: وجع الرأس — Headache: pain of the head

مُصَدَّعadjective

1.
suffering from headacheboth
A person suffering from a headache.

صَادِعadjective

1.
clear, evidentclassical
Something that is clear, evident, or makes a clear distinction.
2.
strong, robustclassical
Describing a young, strong, and robust animal or person.
3.
straightforwardclassical
A person who is straightforward and decisive in their actions.

كأني مسوي قسمة الأرض صادع — As if I were making a fair division of the land

مُصَدِّعadjective

1.
eloquent, bold speakerclassical
An eloquent and bold speaker who speaks clearly and decisively.

خطيب مصدع — An eloquent and bold orator

تَصْدِيعnoun

1.
splitting, divisionboth
The act of splitting, dividing, or causing separation.
2.
causing dispersionclassical
The act of causing people or things to disperse.

التصديع: التفريق — Tasdīʿ: separation, division

صَدَعَاتnoun

1.
divisions, disagreementsclassical
Divisions, disagreements, or differences of opinion.

أصلحوا ما فيكم من الصدعات — Rectify the divisions among you

صَدَعَverb

1.
to split, divideclassical
To split or divide something, often used metaphorically for opinions or groups.

صَدَعَverb

1.
to go straight, proceedclassical
To proceed directly or straightforwardly in an endeavor.

صدع بالأمر — He proceeded with the matter

صَدَعَverb

1.
to be inclined towardsclassical
To incline or lean towards something.

مَصْدَعnoun

1.
easy pathclassical
An easy path through rough terrain.
2.
arrowheadclassical
A type of arrowhead.

صَدَعَverb

1.
to separate, distinguishclassical
To separate or distinguish between things, especially right and wrong.

بالحق يصدع، ما في قوله جنف — With truth he distinguishes, there is no crookedness in his word

صَدَعَverb

1.
to separate (people)classical
To separate or cause to separate, often due to distance or hardship.

صدعتهم النوى — Distance separated them

صَدَعَverb

1.
to be thin, leanclassical
To be thin or lean in flesh.

صَدَعadjective

1.
lean, thinclassical
Lean or thin in flesh.
2.
young, strongclassical
A young, strong, and robust individual, especially an animal.

رجل صدع — A lean man

صَدِيعnoun

1.
shirtclassical
A shirt that is neither large nor small, intermediate in size.

Parallel reading

الصدع: الشق في الشيء الصلب كالزجاجة والحائط وغيرهما

The ṣadʿ: the crack in a solid object like a glass, a wall, or others.

أيا كبدا طارت صدوعا نوافذا

Oh, my liver, which flew into penetrating cracks,

صدعه شقه ولم يفترق

He split it (ṣadaʿahu) – he split it without it separating.

يومئذ يصدعون ؛ قال الزجاج: معناه يتفرقون فيصيرون فريقين فريق في الجنة وفريق في السعير

That Day, they will be separated into groups (yaṣdaʿūn); Al-Zajjaj said: its meaning is they will disperse, becoming two groups: a group in Paradise and a group in Hellfire.

وكل نصف منه صدعة وصديع

And each half of it is a ṣadʿah and a ṣadīʿ.

عشية قلبي في المقيم صديعه

In the evening, my heart, while settled, has its counterpart (ṣadīʿuhu) [separated/split].

صدعت الغنم صدعتين، بكسر الصاد، أي فرقتين

He divided the sheep into two divisions (ṣadaʿa), with a kasra on the ṣād, meaning two groups.

أن المصدق يجعل الغنم صدعين ثم يأخذ منهما الصدقة

That the tax collector makes the sheep into two groups (ṣadaʿayn) and then takes the charity from them.

الشقوق الصوادع يجوز أن يكون صدع في معنى تصدع لغة ولا أعرفها

The cracks, the ṣawādiʿ – it is possible that ṣadaʿa here means taṣaddaʿa, a dialect I do not know.

صدعت الفلاة والنهر يصدعهما صدعا وصدعهما: شقهما وقطعهما، على المثل

He split the desert and the river (ṣadaʿa), splitting and cutting them, as a metaphor.

فتوسطا عرض السري، وصدعا ... مسجورة متجاورا قلامها

And they (two things) crossed the width of the river, and split (ṣadaʿā)... its banks adjacent, its reeds.

والأرض ذات الصدع ؛ قال ثعلب: هي الأرض تنصدع بالنبات

And the earth that splits open (dhāt aṣ-ṣadaʿ); Thaʿlab said: it is the earth that cracks open with vegetation.

تصدعت الأرض بالنبات: تشققت

The earth cracked open with vegetation (taṣaddaʿat): it split open.

انصدع الصبح: انشق عنه الليل

The dawn broke (inṣadaʿa): the night split away from it.

والصديع: الفجر لانصداعه

And the ṣadīʿ: the dawn because of its breaking.

ترى السرحان مفترشا يديه، ... كأن بياض لبته صديع

You see the wolf spreading its paws, ... as if the whiteness of its chest were the dawn (ṣadīʿ).

والصديع: الرقعة الجديدة في الثوب الخلق كأنها صدعت أي شقت

And the ṣadīʿ: a new patch on an old garment, as if it were split (ṣadaʿat).

والصدعة: القطعة من الثوب تشق منه

And the ṣadʿah: a piece of cloth torn from it.

دعي اللوم أو بيني كشق صديع

Cease blaming, or explain to me like a split (shiqqa ṣadīʿ).

صدعت الشيء: أظهرته وبينته

He revealed the thing (ṣadaʿa): he made it apparent and clear.

وكأنهن ربابة، وكأنه ... يسر يفيض على القداح ويصدع

And as if they were a cloud, and as if it... flows over the cups and reveals (yaṣdaʿu).

صدع الشيء فتصدع: فرقه فتفرق

He split the thing (ṣadaʿa) and it split (taṣaddaʿa): he divided it, and it dispersed.

فتصدع السحاب صدعا أي تقطع وتفرق

Then the clouds split apart (taṣaddaʿa) with a splitting (ṣadʿan), meaning they broke up and dispersed.

اصدعها صدعين أي شقها بنصفين

Split it (iṣdaʿhā) into two halves (ṣadaʿayn), meaning split it in half.

فصدعت منه صدعة فاختمرت بها

So I tore a piece from it (faṣadaʿtu) and covered myself with it.

تصدع القوم تفرقوا

The people dispersed (taṣaddaʿa): they separated.

فقال بعد ما تصدع القوم كذا وكذا أي بعد ما تفرقوا

So he said after the people had dispersed (taṣaddaʿa) such and such, meaning after they had separated.

إذا جعلت نجوى الرجال تصدع

When the secret consultations of men cause dispersion (taṣaddaʿu).

صدعتهم النوى وصدعتهم: فرقتهم

Distance separated them (ṣadaʿat-hum) and distance separated them (ṣadaʿat-hum): it dispersed them.

حبيبا بتصداع من البين ذي شعب

A beloved by a separation (taṣdāʿin) that divides.

رأيت بين القوم صدعات أي تفرقا في الرأي والهوى

I saw divisions (ṣadaʿāt) among the people, meaning differences in opinion and desire.

أصلحوا ما فيكم من الصدعات أي اجتمعوا ولا تتفرقوا

Rectify what is among you of divisions (aṣ-ṣadaʿāt), meaning unite and do not separate.

بالحق يصدع، ما في قوله جنف

With truth he distinguishes (yaṣdaʿu), there is no crookedness in his word.

كأني مسوي قسمة الأرض صادع

As if I were making a fair division of the land, a divider (ṣādiʿ).

الصداع: وجع الرأس

The headache (aṣ-ṣudāʿ): pain of the head.

وقد صدع الرجل تصديعا

And the man suffered a headache (ṣadaʿa taṣdīʿan).

والصديع: الصرمة من الإبل والفرقة من الغنم

And the ṣadīʿ: a herd of camels and a group of sheep.

وعليه صدعة من مال أي قليل

And he has a ṣadʿah of wealth, meaning a little.

والصدعة والصديع: نحو الستين من الإبل

And the ṣadʿah and the ṣadīʿ: about sixty camels.

إذا أقبلن هاجرة، أثارت ... من الأظلال إجلا أو صديعا

When they approach at noon, they stir up... from the shadows, a shade or a ṣadīʿ (group of camels).

ورجل صدع، بالتسكين وقد يحرك: وهو الضرب الخفيف اللحم

And a man ṣadaʿ, with sukūn, and it may be moved: meaning lean in flesh.

والصدع والصدع: الفتي الشاب القوي من الأرعال والظباء والإبل والحمر

And the ṣadaʿ and the ṣadaʿ: the strong young male of ostriches, gazelles, camels, and donkeys.

الصدع الوعل بين الوعلين

The ṣadaʿ: the ibex between the two ibexes (i.e., intermediate).

يا رب أباز من العفر صدع

O Lord, a young gazelle, intermediate (ṣadaʿ), from the red ones,

صدع من حديد، فقال عمر: وا دفراه

A piece of iron (ṣadaʿ min ḥadīd), so Umar said: Oh, my back!

وإذا صدع من الرجال، فقلت: من هذا الصدع ؟

And if he is an intermediate man (ṣadaʿ min ar-rijāl), and you say: Who is this intermediate one (aṣ-ṣadaʿ)?

يعني هذا الربعة في خلقه رجل بين الرجلين، وهو كالصدع من الوعول وعل بين الوعلين

Meaning this intermediate one in his creation, a man between two men, and he is like the intermediate ibex (ṣadaʿ) – an ibex between two ibexes.

والصديع: القميص بين القميصين لا بالكبير ولا بالصغير

And the ṣadīʿ: the shirt between the two shirts, neither large nor small.

ورجل صدع: ماض في أمره

And a man ṣadaʿ: one who proceeds decisively in his affair.

صدع بالأمر يصدع صدعا: أصاب به موضعه وجاهر به

He proceeded with the matter (ṣadaʿa bil-amri) with a proceeding (ṣadʿan): he hit its mark and declared it openly.

فاصدع بما تؤمر ؛ قال بعض المفسرين: اجهر بالقرآن

So declare openly what you are commanded (faṣdaʿ bimā tuʾmar); some commentators said: Proclaim the Quran loudly.

أي فرق بين الحق والباطل من قوله عز وجل: يومئذ يصدعون ، أي يتفرقون

Meaning distinguish between truth and falsehood from His saying, Exalted is He: That Day, they will be separated (yaṣdaʿūn), meaning they will disperse.

أي شق جماعتهم بالتوحيد

Meaning split their gathering with monotheism (tawḥīd).

اصدع فلانا أي اقصده لأنه كريم

Say to someone: iṣdaʿ fulānan, meaning approach him because he is noble.

دليل مصدع: ماض لوجهه

A guide (dalīl) proceeding directly (muṣaddiʿ): one who goes straight ahead.

خطيب مصدع: بليغ جريء على الكلام

An orator (khaṭīb) proceeding directly (muṣaddiʿ): eloquent and bold in speech.

هم إلب عليه وصدع واحد

They are united against him, one bloc (ṣadaʿ wāḥid).

والناس علينا صدع واحد أي مجتمعون بالعداوة

And the people are against us as one bloc (ṣadaʿ wāḥid), meaning united in enmity.

صدعت إلى الشيء أصدع صدوعا: ملت إليه

I inclined towards the thing (ṣadaʿtu ilā ash-shayʾi) with an inclination (ṣudūʿan): I leaned towards it.

وما صدعك عن هذا الأمر صدعا أي صرفك

And what turned you away (ma ṣadaʿaka) from this matter with a turning (ṣadʿan), meaning diverted you.

المصدع: طريق سهل في غلظ من الأرض

The maṣdaʿ: an easy path in a rough part of the land.

وجبل صادع: ذاهب في الأرض طولا

And a mountain (jabal) proceeding lengthwise (ṣādiʿ): going into the land lengthwise.

المصدع: المشقص من السهام

The maṣdaʿ: the barbed point of arrows.