غلب

3 غالبهُ ذ [ He vied, contended, or strove, with him, to overcome, conquer, subdue, overpower, master, or surpass, &c., (see 1,) or for victory, or superiority ], inf. n. مُغَالَبَةٌ and غِلَابٌ. (S, Msb, TA.) You say, غَالَبْتُهُ فَغَلَبْتُهُ [ I vied, contended, or strove, with him, to overcome, &c., and I overcame him. &c.]. (O.) And Kaab Ibn-Málik says, هَمَّتْ سَخِينَةُ أَنْ تُغَالِبَ رَبَّهَا وَلَيُغْلَبَنَّ مُغَالِبُ الغَلَّابِ [ Sakheeneh (a by-name of the tribe of Kureysh) proposed to themselves to contend for victory with their Lord: but he who contends for victory with the very victorious will assuredly be overcome ]. (TA.)