ضرب

3 ضاربهُ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. مُضَارَبَةٌ (Msb, TA) and ضَرَابٌ, He contended with him in beating, striking, smiting, or hitting; he beat him, &c., being beaten, &c., by him; (TA;) [ he returned him beating for beating, blow for blow, or blows for blows; he bandied, or exchanged, blows with him: and] he contended with him in fight. (S, TA.) One says, ↓ ضاربهُ فَضَرَبَهُ, aor. of the latter verb ضَرُبَ , (K, TA,) agreeably with the general rule respecting verbs signifying the surpassing, or overcoming, in a contest, (MF, TA,) He contended with him in beating, &c., and he surpassed him, or overcame him, therein. (K, * TA.) See also 6. ― -b2- [Golius says, as on the authority of the KL, that ضارب signifies also “ Coivit camelus; ” and Freytag, as on the authority of the K, that it signifies “ inivit camelus camelam: ” but in the KL it is only said that ضَرَابٌ is an inf. n. of a verb having this meaning; and its verb in this sense, as is said in the S and A and Msb and K, is ضَرَبَ, which has been thus expl. in the first paragraph.] ― -b3- ضارب فِى المَالِ and بِالمَالِ, inf. n. مُضَارَبَةٌ, means (tropical:) He trafficked with the property. (A.) And ضارب لَهُ (A, Mgh, K) فِى مَالِهِ, (A, Mgh,) or ضاربهُ فى المَالِ, (S,) inf. n. as above, (S, A, Mgh,) means (tropical:) He trafficked for him with his property [or with the property ]; (A, Mgh;) because he who does so generally journeys in the land seeking gain; (Mgh;) app. from الضَّرْبُ فِى الأَرْضِ [the journeying in the land] for the purpose of seeking sustenance: (TA:) and is syn. with قَارَضَهُ, (S, * Mgh, K, * TA, *) he gave him of his property for the purpose of his trafficking therewith on the condition that the gain should be between them two or that the latter should have a certain share of the gain: and accord. to En-Nadr, ضاربهُ is said of him who does thus and also of the person thus employed. (TA.)