1.
[in its primary acceptation] is The mutual throwing, or casting, of stones; or the vying, or contending for superiority, in the throwing, or casting, of stones. (Mgh. [See also 6.])
2.
[Hence,] (assumed tropical:) The act of
mutually reviling; or the
vying in reviling; or so
مُرَاجَمَةٌ بِالكَلَامِ. (TA. [See, again, 6.])
3.
And
رَاجم فِى الكَلَامِ, and
العَدْوِ, and
الحَرْبِ, (
K,) verbal noun as above, (
TA,) (tropical:)
He exerted himself to the utmost in vying, or
contending for superiority, in speech, and
in running, and
in war, or
battle. (
K,
TA.)
4.
And
راجم عَنْهُ, (
K,) or
عَنْ قَوْمِهِ, (
S,) (tropical:)
He defended him, or
his people; or
spoke, or
pleaded, or
contended, in defence of him, or
of them: (S, K, TA:) and so
دَارَى. (
TA.)