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3 باذأهُ ذ , (T,) inf. n. مُبَاذَأَةٌ, (T, K,) in some copies of the K without ', (TA,) and بِذَآءٌ, (T, K,) [He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language: and he held such discourse with him: these significations being indicated by the following exs., and by the saying that] the inf. ns. are syn. with مُفَاحَشَةٌ. (T, K.) You say, ↓ بَاذَأَهُ فَبَذَأَهُ [He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language, and he surpassed him therein: in this case, the aor. of the latter verb is بَذُاَ , notwithstanding the final faucial letter]. (TA.) And Esh-Shaabee says, إِِذَ عَظُمَتِ الحَلْقَةُ فَإِِنَّمَا هُوَ بِذَآءٌ وَ نِجَآءٌ [i. e. When the ring of people becomes large, it is only an occasion of holding foul, unseemly, or obscene, and secret, discourse]: it is said that بذآء here signifies مفاحشة: (T:) the meaning is, that there is much بذاء and نجاء, i. e. مُنَاجَاة, therein. (TA in art. نجو. [But there, in the place of فَإِِنَّمَا هُوَ, I find فَهِىَ; and in the TA in the present art., فَإِِنَّمَا بِهِ.]) ― -b2- Also He contended with him in an altercation. (T.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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