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6 تجاوبوا جاوب تجاوب تجاوبوا i. q. بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضًا ↓ جَاوَبَ [They returned one another answer for answer, or answers for answers; they answered one another; replied, one to another; held a dialogue, colloquy, conference, disputation, or debate, together; bandied words, one with another]: (K:) ↓ مُجَاوَبَةٌ and تَجَاوُبٌ both signify i. q. تَحَاوُرٌ. (S, TA.) In like manner one says of turtle-doves, (A,) of pigeons, of braying camels, and of neighing horses. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] يَتَجَاوَبُ أَوَّلُ كَلَامِهِ وَآخِرُهُ (tropical:) The first and the last parts of his speech correspond, or are consistent. (A, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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