تناقض

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تناقضVI : see 8.
2 تَنَاقُضٌ also signifies Mutual contradiction, or repugnancy; contr. of تَوَافُقٌ. You say, فِى كَلَامِهِ تَنَاقُضٌ [In his speech is contradiction, or repugnancy, between different parts;] one part of his speech necessarily implies the annulment of another part; his second saying contradicted (نَاقَضَ) his first. And تَنَاقَضَ القَوْلَانِ, or الكَلَامَانِ, The two saying, or sentences, contradicted each other; or were mutually repugnant; as though each undid the other; [they annulled each other.] And تناقض الشَّاعِرَانِ [The two poets contradicted each other.] And تناقض مَعْنَاهُ Its meaning was contradictory.

def.2 [It is also used transitively:] you say, تَنَاقَضَا البَيْعَ They two mutually dissolved the sale: as though compared with the saying تَرَآءَوُا الهِلَالَ, meaning “ they [together] saw the new moon; ” and تَدَاعَوُا القَوْمَ, meaning “ they [together] called the people; ” and تَسَآءَلُوهُمْ, meaning “ they [together] asked them; ” notwithstanding that تناقض is [properly] intransitive. And تَنَاقَضُوا عُهُودَهُمْ [They mutually dissolved, or broke, their compacts, contracts, or covenants]. (T, voce تناكثوا.)

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