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cleft in Arabic

شَقّ šaqq

/ˈklɛft/

cleft in Arabic: شَقّ (šaqq), شَرْم (šarm), صَدْع (ṣadʕ). In English, cleft means an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

Arabic words for cleft

opening made or as if made by splitting
شَقّ šaqq, شَرْم šarm, صَدْع ṣadʕ

English meaning of cleft

  1. noun An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
  2. noun A piece made by splitting.
  3. noun A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
  4. verb To syntactically separate a prominent constituent from the rest of the clause that concerns it, such as threat in "The threat which I saw but which he didn't see, was his downfall.".

Full definition of cleft

cleft in a sentence

  • The river flows through a cleft in the mountains.

Synonyms of cleft

cleft in other languages

Questions about cleft in Arabic

What is the meaning of cleft in Arabic?
Cleft in Arabic is شَقّ (šaqq), شَرْم (šarm), صَدْع (ṣadʕ).
ما معنى كلمة cleft؟
Cleft: شَقّ (šaqq), شَرْم (šarm), صَدْع (ṣadʕ).
What does cleft mean in English?
Cleft means an opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.

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