ناجزهُ
Root: نجز
Form: 3
Full Definition
ناجزهُIII
, or ناجزهُ القِتَالَ, Verbal.Noun مُنَاجَزَةٌ, He fought him: or he went, or came, out, or forth, in the field, to fight him, and fought him: or he went, or came, out, or forth, into the field, to fight him, and they strove together until each of them slew the other, or until one of them was slain: and
signifies the same as مُنَاجَزَةٌ: you say, تَنَاجَزَ القَوْمُ, meaning, The people contended together in the mutual shedding of blood; as though they hastened in doing so. [Hence the saying,] إِنْ رُمْتَ
المُحَاجَزَهْ فَقَبْلَ المُنَاجَزَهْ [If thou desire the reciprocal prevention of fighting, and the making of peace, let it be before fighting]: or المُحَاجَزَهْ قَبْلَ المُنَاجَزَهْ [the reciprocal prevention of fighting, and] the making of peace, [should be] before the striving together, (المُعَالَجَة, as in the CK,) or hastening, (المُعَالَجَة, as in some copies of the K and in the TA, and, accord. to the latter, المُسَارَعَة,) in fighting: a proverb: relating to the prudence of him who hastens to flee from him whom he has not power to withstand: or applied to him who seeks peace after fighting.
2 Also, He contended with him in an altercation; disputed with him; litigated with him.
2 Also, He contended with him in an altercation; disputed with him; litigated with him.
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