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3 باراهُ بار باراه باراة بارى , (T, S, M, &c.,) inf. n. مُبَارَاةٌ, (T, TA,) He vied, competed, or contended for superiority, with him; emulated, or rivalled, him; or imitated him; i. q. عَارَضَهُ; (S, M, Msb, K;) i. e., (TA,) he did the like of what he (the latter) did, (ISk, T, S, Msb, TA, and EM p. 64,) striving to overcome him or surpass him; (EM ubi suprà;) as also لَهُ ↓ بَرَى , aor. بَرِىَ , inf. n. بَرْىٌ; and له ↓ انبرى : (As, T:) and he vied, or competed, with him, or contended with him for superiority, in glory, or excellence, or in beauty, or goodliness; he emulated, or rivalled, him therein; syn. بَاهَاهُ: (TA in art. بهج:) and he vied, competed, or contended, with him in running; and strove with him to outstrip him, to be before him, to get before him, or to precede him. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ يُبَارِى الرِّيحَ سَخَآءً [Such a one vies with the wind in bounty]: (T, S:) [for] the bountiful man whose gifts are common is likened by the Arabs to the wind because it blows upon all in common, not only upon particular persons. (Ham p. 445.) -A2- بارى ا@مْرَأَتَهُ He compounded, or made a compromise, with his wife for their mutual separation; (K;) as also بَارَأَهَا [which is the original]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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