They two took him on both sides of him, (T, S, K,) or came to him on both sides of him, (K,) with beating. (T, S.)
2.
السَّبُعَانِ يَبْتَدَّانِ الرَّجُلَThe two wild beasts come upon both sides of the man. (S, A.)
3.
الرَّضِيعَانِيَبْتَدَّانِ أُمَّهُمَا (T, S, A *) The two sucklings suck their mother on either side, one from one breast and the other from the other breast. (T, A, * TA.) You do not say, يَبْتَدُّهَا ابْنُهَا, but يَبْتَدُّهَاابْنَاهَا. (T, S.)