نطح

3 نَاطَحَا ذ , inf. n. نِطَاحٌ (L, Msb) and مُنَاطَحَةٌ, (Msb,) They two (rams or he-goats) smote each other with their horns. (L.) ― -b2- بَيْنَهُمَا نِطَاحٌ (tropical:) [ Between them two is a contention like that of two rams ]; said of two learned men, and of two merchants. (A.) ― -b3- جَرَى لَنَا فِى السُّوقِ نِطَاحٌ (tropical:) [ There happened to us in the market a contention like that of two rams ]. (A.) ― -b4- [نَاطَحَهُ He, or it, faced, or was or came opposite to him, or it ]: نِطَاحٌ is syn. with مُقَابَلَةٌ in the dial. of El-Hijáz. (TA.)