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3 غالبهُ ذ [He vied, contended, or strove, with him, to overcome, conquer, subdue, overpower, master, or surpass, &c., (see 1,) or for victory, or superiority], inf. n. مُغَالَبَةٌ and غِلَابٌ. (S, Msb, TA.) You say, غَالَبْتُهُ فَغَلَبْتُهُ [I vied, contended, or strove, with him, to overcome, &c., and I overcame him. &c.]. (O.) And Kaab Ibn-Málik says, “ هَمَّتْ سَخِينَةُ أَنْ تُغَالِبَ رَبَّهَا
وَلَيُغْلَبَنَّ مُغَالِبُ الغَلَّابِ
” [Sakheeneh (a by-name of the tribe of Kureysh) proposed to themselves to contend for victory with their Lord: but he who contends for victory with the very victorious will assuredly be overcome]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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