مُشَاتَمَةٌ

Form: 3

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مُشَاتَمَةٌIII is syn. with مُسَابَّةٌ, signifying The reviling, vilifying, upbraiding, reproaching, defaming, or giving a bad name to, each other: and [in like manner] is syn. with تَسَابٌّ, signifying as above [but used in relation to two persons and more than two]: you say, شَاتَمَا and meaning تَسَابَّا [They reviled, vilified, &c., each other]: and تشاتموا They reviled, &c., one another; like تَسَابُّوا. [شاتمهُ may therefore be rendered He reviled him, &c., being reviled, &c., by him: but sometimes it is syn. with شَتَمَهُ:] see 1, in two places.
2 One says also, شَاتَمَهُ , Present.T ـُ meaning [He vied, or contended, with him in reviling, vilifying, &c.,] and he overcame him [therein, i. e.] in reviling, &c.

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