ضهأ3 مُضَاهَأَةٌ is syn. 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; syn. شَابَهْتُهُ: ('Eyn, TA:) [or I conformed with him:] or ضَاهَأَهُ, inf. n. as above, signifies he imitated him; syn. عَارَضَهُ and بَارَاهُ; and one says also, ضَاهَيْتُهُ, inf. n. مُضَاهَاةٌ: (Msb:) the verb is read both with and without ء in the Kur [ix. 30]. (O, Msb, TA.) b2:  ضَاهَا بِهِ, (A 'Obeyd, TA,) [or ضَاهَأَهُ, like ضَاهَاهُ, mentioned in art. ضهى,] inf. n. 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.) Q. Q. 1 or Q. 1. ضَهْيَأَ: see art. ضهيأ.ضَهْيَأٌ and ضَهْيَأَةٌ: see art. ضهيأ.