سبق

3 سَابَقْتُهُ ذ , inf. n. مُسَابَقَةٌ and سِبَاقٌ, [ I strove, or contended, with him to precede him; to be, or become, get, go, or come, before him, or ahead of him; to outgo, or outstrip, him; to have, get, or take, precedence of him; in running (i. e. I raced, or ran a race, with him ); and in everything.] (Msb, TA.) You say, ↓ سَابَقْتُهُ فَسَبَقْتُهُ [ I strove, or contended, with him to precede him, &c., and I surpassed him, or overcame him, in doing so ]: (S:) the aor. of the latter verb in this case is أَسْبُقُهُ, (Bd in xxi. 27,) and the inf. n. is سَبْقٌ. (S.) ― -b2- See also 6. ― -b3- And see 2.