مُضَاهَأَةٌ

is synonym with مُضَاهَاةٌ, (K, TA, [the و before المُضاهاةُ in the CK should be erased,]) i. q. مُشَاكَلَةٌ: (S, O, Msb, TA:) you say, ضَاهَأْتُهُ and ضَاهَيْتُهُ, ('Eyn, S, * O, * Msb, * TA,) i. e. I resembled him; synonym شَابَهْتُهُ: ('Eyn, TA:) [or I conformed with him:] or ضَاهَأَهُ, verbal noun as above, signifies he imitated him; synonym عَارَضَهُ and بَارَاهُ; and one says also, ضَاهَيْتُهُ, verbal noun مُضَاهَاةٌ: (Msb:) the verb is read both with and without ء in the Qur'an, 9:30. (O, Msb, TA.)

ضَاهَا بِهِ, (A 'Obeyd, TA,) [or ضَاهَأَهُ, like ضَاهَاهُ, mentioned in article ضهى,] verbal noun as above, (K,) He (a man) was, or became, gentle, tender, or courteous, or he acted, or behaved, gently, &c., with him, or to him. (A 'Obeyd, K, * TA.)