Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَسَابَّا

Root: سب

Form: 6

Full Definition

تَسَابَّاVI , [or تسابّوا,] Verbal.Noun تَسَابٌّ, They two cut each other, [or they cut one another.]
2 [Hence, ] تسابّوا, Verbal.Noun as above; and ; They reviled, vilified, upbraided, reproached, defamed, or gave bad names to, one another. And بَيْنَهُمْ أُسْبُوبَةٌ يَتَسَابُّونَ بِهَا Between them is a thing [meaning reviling or vilifying speech] with which they revile, or vilify, &c., one another.


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