باراهُ
Root: برى
Form: 3
Full Definition
باراهُIII
, Verbal.Noun مُبَارَاةٌ, He vied, competed, or contended for superiority, with him; emulated, or rivalled, him; or imitated him; i. q.
عَارَضَهُ; i. e., he did the like of what he did, striving to overcome him or surpass him; as also بَرَى لَهُ, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun بَرْىٌ; and انبرى له: and he vied, or competed, with him, or contended with him for superiority, in glory, or excellence, or in beauty, or goodliness; he emulated, or rivalled, him therein; syn. بَاهَاهُ: (TA in art. بهج:) and he vied, competed, or contended, with him in running; and strove with him to outstrip him, to be before him, to get before him, or to precede him. You say, فُلَانٌ يُبَارِى الرِّيحَ
سَخَآءً [Such a one vies with the wind in bounty]: [for] the bountiful man whose gifts are common is likened by the Arabs to the wind because it blows upon all in common, not only upon particular persons.
def.2 بارى ٱمْرَأَتَهُ He compounded, or made a compromise, with his wife for their mutual separation; as also بَارَأَهَا [which is the original].
def.2 بارى ٱمْرَأَتَهُ He compounded, or made a compromise, with his wife for their mutual separation; as also بَارَأَهَا [which is the original].
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