باذأهُ

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باذأهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُبَاذَأَةٌ, in some copies of the K without ء, and بِذَآءٌ, [He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language: and he held such discourse with him: these significations being indicated by the following exs., and by the saying that] the inf. ns. are syn. with مُفَاحَشَةٌ. You say, بَاذَأَهُ [He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language, and he surpassed him therein: in this case, the Present.T of the latter verb is ـُ notwithstanding the final faucial letter]. And Esh-Shaabee says, إِذَ عَظُمَتِ الحَلْقَةُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ بِذَآءٌ وَ نِجَآءٌ [i. e. When the ring of people becomes large, it is only an occasion of holding foul, unseemly, or obscene, and secret, discourse]: it is said that بذآء here signifies مفاحشة: the meaning is, that there is much بذاء and نجاء, i. e. مُنَاجَاة, therein. (TA in art. نجو. [But there, in the place of فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ, I find فَهِىَ; and in the TA in the present art., فَإِنَّمَا بِهِ.])
2 Also He contended with him in an altercation.

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