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ص-د-ع

splitting; headache

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4 words in 4 patterns. Each pattern shapes the root's meaning in its own way.

فُعَال
Noun فُعَال
فُعَال = an ailment or a thing said
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- صُدَاعٌ
  headache
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  عِنْدِي صُدَاعٌ I have a headache
  Met in At the clinic and the pharmacy
فَعَلَ
Form I verb (a)
فَعَلَ = the plain action, 'he did it'
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- صَدَعَ
  to split, crack
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  يَصْدَعُ
فَعْل
Short noun فَعْل
فَعْل = the act, or a basic thing
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- صَدْعٌ
  a crack, a split
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  Plural
  صُدُوعٌ
تَفَعَّلَ
Form V verb
تَفَعَّلَ = do form II to yourself
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- تَصَدَّعَ
  to crack, split apart
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  يَتَصَدَّعُ

How the patterns shape this root

صُدَاع, a headache, sits on the pattern فُعَال that Arabic likes for ailments (compare زُكَام, a cold). The root's basic meaning is splitting: صَدَعَ is to crack something, صَدْع is a crack and form V تَصَدَّعَ is to crack apart — a headache is a head that feels split. عِنْدِي صُدَاعٌ: I have a headache.

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