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قايضهُ

Root: قيض

Form: 3

Full Definition

قايضهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُقَايَضَةٌ and قِيَاضٌ, He bartered, or exchanged commodities, with him; syn. عَارَضَهُ, بِمَتَاعٍ; or عَاوَضَهُ; (A, and so in some copies of the K; in the CK, عايَضَهُ;) and بَادَلَهُ; i. e. he gave him a commodity and took another commodity in its stead: [as also قَابَضَهُ, with ب:] and , Present.T يَقِيضُ, he gave him a thing in exchange. You say, قايضهُ بِكَذَا [He gave him in exchange for such a thing]. Hence, بَيْعُ المُقَايَضَةِ The selling a commodity for another commodity. And hence the saying of Mohammad, إِنْ شِئْتَ قَايَضْتُكَ بِهِ المُخْتَارَةَ مِنْ دُروُعِ خَيْبَرَ, or بِهِ, accord. to different relations; i. e. [If thou wilt,] I will give thee in exchange for it [the choice of the coats of mail of Kheyber]. You say also, أَعْطَيْتُهُ فَرَسًا بِفَرَسَيْنِ مُقَايَضَةً [I gave him a horse for two horses in exchange]. And مَا أُقَايِضُ بِكَ أَحَدًا [I do not give, or take, in exchange for thee any one]. And لَوْ أُعْطِيتُ مِلْءَ الدَّهْنَآءِ رِجَالًا قِيَاضًا بِفُلَانٍ رَضِيتُهُمْ [If I were given what would fill the desert of men, in exchange for such a one, I would not accept them]: and the like occurs in a trad. of Mo'áwiyeh, as said by him, with reference to Yezeed.
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