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نَاطَحَا

Root: نطح

Form: 3

Full Definition

نَاطَحَاIII , Verbal.Noun نِطَاحٌ and مُنَاطَحَةٌ, They two smote each other with their horns.
2 بَيْنَهُمَا نِطَاحٌ [Between them two is a contention like that of two rams]; said of two learned men, and of two merchants.
3 جَرَى لَنَا فِى السُّوقِ نِطَاحٌ [There happened to us in the market a contention like that of two rams].
4 [نَاطَحَهُ He, or it, faced, or was or came opposite to him, or it]: نِطَاحٌ is syn. with مُقَابَلَةٌ in the dial. of El-Hijáz.
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