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3 مُشَاتَمَةٌ ذ is syn. with مُسَابَّةٌ, (S,) signifying The reviling, vilifying, upbraiding, reproaching, defaming, or giving a bad name to, each other: (KL:) and [in like manner] ↓ تَشَاتُمٌ is syn. with تَسَابٌّ, (S,) signifying as above [but used in relation to two persons and more than two]: (KL:) you say, شَاتَمَا and ↓ تَشَاتَمَا meaning تَسَابَّا [They reviled, vilified, &c., each other]: (K:) and ↓ تشاتموا They reviled, &c., one another; like تَسَابُّوا. (MA.) [شاتمهُ may therefore be rendered He reviled him, &c., being reviled, &c., by him: but sometimes it is syn. with شَتَمَهُ:] see 1, in two places. ― -b2- One says also, ↓ شَاتَمَهُ فَشَتَمَهُ , aor. شَتُمَ , meaning [He vied, or contended, with him in reviling, vilifying, &c.,] and he overcame him [therein, i. e.] in reviling, &c. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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