باهاهُ
Root: بهو
Form: 3
Full Definition
باهاهُIII
, [and باهى بِهِ, as will be seen from what follows,] Verbal.Noun مُبَاهَاةٌ, He vied, or competed, with him, or contended with him for superiority, in beauty, or goodliness, or in glorying, or boasting, or in glory, or excellence; he emulated, or rivalled, him therein; or, simply, he vied with him; syn. بَارَاهُ; (TA in art. بهج;) and فَاخَرَهُ. Hence, in a trad. respecting 'Arafeh, تُبَاهِى بِهِمُ المَلَائِكَةُ [The angels vie with them]. You say, بَاهَانِى and
i. e. [He vied, or competed, with me, or contended with me for superiority, in beauty, or goodliness, &c.,] and I became, or I was, more beautiful, or goodly, [&c.,] than he, or I surpassed him in beauty, or goodliness [&c.].
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