ambivalence, contradiction

, (AZ, K,) first pers. ضَدَدْتُهُ, [aor. ,] inf. n. ضَدٌّ, He overcame him: (AZ, L:) and also, (AZ, L,) or ضَدَّهُ فِى الخُصُومَةِ, (K,) He overcame him in litigation, altercation, or contention. (AZ, L, K.) ― -b2- And ضَدَّهُ عَنْهُ He averted him; turned him, or sent him, away, or back; or caused him to return, or go back, or revert; from it: (L, K:) i. e., a thing, or an affair: (L:) and prevented, or hindered, him from doing it; (K;) by gentle means: (L, K:) as also صَدَّهُ: heard by Aboo-Turáb from Záïdeh. (L.) -A2- ضَدَّ القِرْبَةِ, (S, K,) aor. , (S,) inf. n. ضَدٌّ, (AA, S,) He filled the water-skin. (S, K.)

, (inf. n. مُضَادَّةٌ, Msb,) He, or it, was, or became, contrary, opposed, or repugnant, to him, or it; (AHeyth, S, * L, K;) said with respect to two men when one desires what is long, and the other, what is short; or one, darkness, and the other, light; or one, to pursue one course, and the other, to pursue another: (AHeyth, L:) or he, or it, was, or became, separated from him, or it, by contrariety, opposition, or repugnance: (Msb:) [or, accord. to the explanation of مُتَضَادَّانِ in the Msb, it was, or became inconsistent with it.]

He (a man, S) was, or became, angry. (S, K.) It is not, as some assert it to be, a quasi-pass. [of ضَدَّهُ], like as أَكَبَّ is of كَبَّهُ. (TA.)

[تضادّا They two were, or became, contrary, opposed, or repugnant, each to the other: or, accord. to the explanation of مُتَضَادَّانِ in the Msb, they two were, or became, inconsistent, each with the other.]

(S, L, Msb, K) and ↓ ضَدِيدٌ (S, L, K) and ↓ ضَدِيدَةٌ (Th, M) The contrary, or opposite, (AA, IAar, S, * M, Msb, K,) of a thing: (AA, Msb:) or ضِدُّ شَىْءٍ signifies that which is repugnant to a thing, so that it would overcome it; as black is to white, and death to life: (Lth, L:) [or, accord. to the explanation of مُتَضَادَّانِ in the Msb, that which is inconsistent with a thing:] pl. of the first أَضَدَادٌ. (S, Msb, &c.) One says also, هُوَ ضِدُّكَ and ↓ ضَدِيدُكَ He is contrary, or opposed, or repugnant, to thee; as when thou desirest what is long, and he, what is short; or thou, darkness, and he, light; or thou, to pursue one course, and he, to pursue another. (AHeyth, L.) And ضِدٌّ is sometimes a pl., (K,) or sometimes denotes a collective body; (Akh, S, L;) as in the phrase يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا, (S, L, K,) in the Kur [xix. 85], (S, L,) meaning They shall be adversaries, or enemies, to them: ('Ikrimeh, Jel:) or helpers against them. (Fr, Jel.) One says also, القَوْمُ عَلَىَّ ضِدٌّ وَاحِدٌ, meaning The people are assembled together against me in contention, or altercation, with me. (L.) ― -b2- ضِدٌّ in lexicology signifies A kind of مُشْتَرَك [or homonym]; being a word that has two contrary meanings; as جَوْنٌ, which means both “ black ” and “ white; ” and جَلَلٌ, which means both “ great ” and “ small ” pl. as above. (Mz, 26th نوع.) [ضِدٌّ is itself a word of this kind, as is shown by what here follows.] ― -b3- Also, (AA, Th, S, L, Msb, K,) and ↓ ضَدِيدٌ, (S, L, K,) The like, or equal, (AA, Th, S, L, Msb, K,) of a thing. (AA, Msb.) Thus they have two contrary meanings. (K.) One says, لَا ضِدَّ لَهُ and لَهُ ↓ لَا ضَدِيدَ There is no like, or equal, to him, or it. (S, L.) And لَقِىَ القَوْمُ أَضْدَادَهُمْ The people, or party, found, or met, their equals, or fellows. (L.)

: see ضَادٌّ.

: see ضَدٌّ, in four places.

: see ضِدٌّ, first sentence.

, or ↓ ضَادِدٌ and ↓ ضَدَدٌ One who fills vessels for people when they seek, or demand, water: pl. ضُدَدٌ, [which is anomalous,] on the authority of AA. (L.)

: see what next precedes.

They two are contrary, opposed, or repugnant, each to the other: (S, * L, K:) or they two are inconsistent; or such as cannot be, or exist, together; as night and day. (Msb.)