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تناهدوا

Root: نهد

Form: 6

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تناهدواVI They attacked or assaulted one another, or rose and hastened and went forth to or towards one another, in war; they directed their courses one towards another, and commenced fighting.

def.2 تناهدوا; and , Verbal.Noun مُنَاهَدَةٌ; They clubbed, i. e. contributed equally to, the expenses which they had to incur, on the occasion of a journey, or an expedition against an enemy; or contributed equal shares of food and drink: the first who instituted this practice is said to have been Hudeyn Er-Rakáshee: or they contributed, each giving his share, for the purchase of wheat, or food, for their eating in common.
2 تناهدوا الشَّىْءَ They took the thing and shared it between them.

def.3 تناهدوا They played together the game of morra, described in one of the explanations of نَاهَدَهُ. (S, TA, art. خرج.)
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