Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

مُضَاهَأَةٌ is syn. with مُضَاهَاةٌ, (Ḳ, TA, [the و before المُضاهاةُ in the CK should be erased,]) i. q. مُشَاكَلَةٌ: (Ṣ, O, Mṣb, TA:) you say, ضَاهَأْتُهُ and ضَاهَيْتُهُ, (ʼEyn, Ṣ,* O,* Mṣb,* TA,) i. e. I resembled him; syn. شَابَهْتُهُ: (ʼEyn, TA:) [or I conformed with him:] or ضَاهَأَهُ, inf. n. as above, signifies he imitated him; syn. عَارَضَهُ and بَارَاهُ; and one says also, ضَاهَيْتُهُ, inf. n. مُضَاهَاةٌ: (Mṣb:) the verb is read both with and without ء in the Ḳur [ix. 30]. (O, Mṣb, TA.)

ضَاهَا بِهِ, (AʼObeyd, TA,) [or ضَاهَأَهُ, like ضَاهَاهُ, mentioned in art. ضهى,] inf. n. as above, (Ḳ,) He (a man) was, or became, gentle, tender, or courteous, or he acted, or behaved, gently,, &c., with him, or to him. (AʼObeyd, Ḳ,* TA.)