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كَابِدٌ ذ (tropical:) a subst. from كَابَدَ, (ISd, L, K,) [in the sense of مُكَابَدَةٌ: see 3:] as also ↓ كَبَدٌ . (MF.) Ex. of the former, “ وَلَيْلَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيَالِى مَرَّتْ
بِكَابِدٍ كَابَدْتُهَا وَجَرَّتْ
” [Many a night of nights has passed with a struggling against its severity: I have struggled against its severity; and it was long]. Said by El-'Ajjáj. جرّت signifies طالت. (L.) ― -b2- You also say, of adversaries in a contest, litigation, or the like, مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ ↓ إِِنَّهُمْ فِى كَبَدٍ (tropical:) [Verily they are in a state of struggling, contention, or strife, against mutual opposition with respect to their affair]. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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