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تَحَاكَّا

Root: حك

Form: 6

Full Definition

تَحَاكَّاVI [They scratched, scraped, rubbed, grated, chafed, or fretted, each other; or] their two bodies became in collision, and each of them scratched, &c., (حَكَّ,) the other.
2 هٰذَا أَمْرٌ تَحَاكَّتْ فِيهِ الرُّكَبِ, and , This is a case in which the knees are in contact, and in collision, is a saying by which is meant equality of station or rank, or the sitting together upon the knees in contending for superiority in glory or excellence or nobility.
3 [تحاكّ also signifies It became scraped off, or rubbed off, by degrees; the verb in this sense being similar to تساقط &c.: see حُكَاكَةٌ.]
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