باهاهُ
, (TA,) [and باهى بِهِ, as will be seen from what follows,] verbal noun مُبَاهَاةٌ, (S, TA,) He vied, or competed, with him, or contended with him for superiority, in beauty, or goodliness, or in glorying, or boasting, or in glory, or excellence; he emulated, or rivalled, him therein; or, simply, he vied with him; synonym بَارَاهُ; (TA in article بهج;) and فَاخَرَهُ. (S, * TA.) Hence, in a tradition respecting 'Arafeh, تُبَاهِى بِهِمُ المَلَايءِكَةُ [The angels vie with them]. (TA.) You say,
بَاهَانِى فَبَهَوْتُهُ (Lh, JK, K *) and
بَهَيْتُهُ (Lh, JK) i. e. [He vied, or competed, with me, or contended with me for superiority, in beauty, or goodliness, &c.,] and I became, (Lh,) or I was, (JK,) more beautiful, or goodly, [&c.,] than he, (Lh, JK,) or I surpassed him in beauty, or goodliness [&c.]. (K.)