نقض

3 المُنَاقَضَةُ فِى القَوْلِ ذ is (tropical:) The saying that which is contradictory in its meaning [or meanings; as though one of its meanings undid, or annulled, the other]: (S, * K, TA:) from نَقْضُ البِنَاآءِ: and meaning (tropical:) the contending with another in words, [or in contradiction, ] each rebutting what the other said. (TA.) You say, ناقضهُ فِى الشَّىْءِ, inf. n. مُنَاقَضَةٌ and نِقَاضٌ, (tropical:) He contradicted him in, or respecting, the thing. (M, TA. *) And قُلْتُ لَهُ نِقَاضًا (tropical:) I contradicted him with respect to his saying, and his satirizing of me. (M, TA.) And ناقض أَحَدُ الشَّاعِرَيْنِ الأَخَرَ (tropical:) [ One of the two poets contradicted the other ]. (A.) And ناقض قَوْلُهُ الثَّانِى الاآوَّلَ (tropical:) [ His second saying contradicted the first ]. (A, TA.) And ناقض اآخِرُ قَوْلِهِ الأَوَّلَ (tropical:) [ The last part of his saying contradicted the first ]. (Mgh.) [See also 6.]