Core sense — the liver; the middle and main part of anything; the insidegenerated
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The liver: a certain black piece of flesh on the right of the lungs. This is the most chaste and best known form of the word; كِبْدٌ is a contraction of it, and كَبْدٌ is also a contraction of it.
Feminine, and sometimes masculine; or feminine only. Plural أَكْبَادٌ and كُبُودٌ, the latter seldom used.
1.1figurative · مجازand he put his hand upon my side, on the outside—فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى كَبِدِى
Said in a tradition; meaning, upon the external part of my side, next the liver.
Also the place of the liver, on the outside: the side.
1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred
The inside of an animal, altogether. Sometimes used in this sense.
1.3figurative · مجاز
The inside, meaning a cave, or ravine, of a mountain.
1.4figurative · مجازthe interior of the earth—كَبِدُ الأَرْضِ
Or the minerals of the earth; or the gold and silver and the like that are in the mines of the earth. Plural أَكْبَادٌ and كُبُودٌ.
and the earth shall cast forth what is hidden in her belly, of treasures and minerals—وَتَلْقِى الأَرْضُ أَفْلَاذَ كَبِدِهَا
Said in a tradition.
1.5figurative · مجاز
The middle of anything, and its main part.
1.6figurative · مجاز
The middle of the sea.
1.7figurative · مجاز
The middle of a butt for archers.
1.8figurative · مجازhis house is in the middle of Nejd—دَارُهُ كَبِدَ نَجْدٍ
1.9the middle of a tract of sand, and its main part—كَبِدٌ
In the K, كَبَدٌ, but no one [except F] says so.
1.10figurative · مجازthe middle of the sky, and its main part—كَبِدٌ
Or the meridian of the sky: the middle of the sky, where the sun is when it declines from the meridian; or the part of the middle of the sky that faces the observer.
In the K, كَبَدٌ, but no one [except F] says so.
Also كَبْدٌ, كَبْدَآءُ and كُبَيْدَاتٌ, as though the diminutive كُبَيْدَةٌ had been formed from كَبِدٌ and then made plural; in the K, كُبَيْدَاةٌ, but this is wrong.
Also كُبَيْدَآءُ, diminutive of كَبِدٌ against rule, like سُوَيْدَآءُ [or diminutive of كَبْدَآءُ].
1.11figurative · مجاز — inferredthe air—كَبِدٌ
Lh; in the K, كَبَدٌ.
Also كَبْدَآءُ.
1.12figurative · مجازof a bow: the handle—كَبِدٌ
Or the part a little above the handle, against which the arrow goes; or the part between the two ends of the handle, along which the arrow runs; or the part midway between the two ends of its suspensory string or cord [see رِجْلٌ]; or the space of a cubit from its handle; or each part where the thong of its suspensory string is tied.
In the bow is its كَبِد, which is the part midway between the two ends of its suspensory string or the like; then, next to this, the كُلْيَة; then, next to this, the أَبْهَر; then, next to this, the طَائِف; then the سِئَة, which is the curved part of each end.
1.13such a one is a person to whom men journey seeking knowledge—فُلَانٌ تُضْرَبٌ إِلَيْه أَكْبَادُ الإِبِلِ
[See an example in the first paragraph of art. ضرب.]
1.14black-livered men; a designation of enemies—سُودٌ الأَكْبَادِ
Similar to صُهْبُ السِّبَالِ. They are so called because the effects of rancour, or malevolence, have as it were burnt their livers so that they have become black, the liver being the source of enmity.
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, (S, L, Msb, K, &c.,) the most chaste and best known form of the word, (TA,) and كِبْدٌ , (S, L, Msb, K,) a contraction of the former, (Msb,) and كَبْدٌ , (S, L, K,) also a contraction of the first, (S,) [The liver;] a certain black piece of flesh on the right of the lungs: (L:) fem., and sometimes masc.; (Fr, L, Msb, K;) or fem. only: (Lh, ISd, L, Msb:) pl. أَكْبَادٌ (S, L, Msb, K) and كُبُودٌ ; (L, Msb, K;) the latter seldom used. (Msb) Also, [the first,] The place of the liver, outside: (L;) the side. (K) It is said in a trad., فَوَضَعَ يَدَهُ عَلَى كَبِدِى , meaning, And he put his hand upon my side externally; or, upon the external part of my side, next the liver. (L.) The inside of an animal, altogether. (Kr, ISd, K.) Sometimes used in this sense. (Kr, ISd.) The inside, meaning a cave, or ravine, of a mountain. (L.) كَبِدُ الأَرْضِ The interior of the earth: (Msb:) or the minerals ( مَعَادِن ) of the earth: (A:) or the gold and silver and the like that are in the mines of the earth: (L:) pl. أَكْبَادٌ (A, L) and كُبُودٌ . (L.) It is said in a trad. وَتَلْقِى الأَرْضُ أَفْلَاذَ كَبِدِهَا And the earth shall cast forth what is hidden in her belly, of treasures and minerals. (L.) The middle of anything, (A, L, Msb, K, *) and its main part. (L, K.) The middle of the sea. (L.) The middle of a butt for archers. (A, L.) دَارُهُ كَبِدَ نَجْدٍ His house is in the middle of Nejd. (A.) كَبِدٌ ; (L;) in the K, كَبَدٌ ; but none [except F] says so; (MF;) The middle of a tract of sand, (L, K,) and its main part. (L.) كَبِدٌ ; (S, A, L, Msb;) in the K, كَبَدٌ ; but none [except F] says so; (MF;) and كَبْدٌ , and كَبْدَآءُ , (K,) and كُبَيْدَاتٌ , (S, A, L,) as though they had formed the dim. كُبَيْدَةٌ from كَبِدٌ , and then formed the pl.; (S, L;) in the K, كُبَيْدَاةٌ ; but this is wrong; (TA;) and كُبَيْدَآءُ , (L, Msb, K,) dim. of كَبِدٌ , contr. to rule, like سُوَيْدَآءُ ; (Msb;) [or dim. of كَبْدَآءُ ;] The middle of the sky, (S, A, L, K,) and its main part: (L;) or [the meridian of the sky;] the middle of the sky, wherein is the sun at the time of its declining from the meridian: (L:) or the part of the middle of the sky which faces the spectator. (Lth, L, Msb.) كَبِدٌ (Lh, L; in the K, كَبَدٌ ;) The air; (Lh, L, K;) as also كَبْدَآءُ . (L.) كَبِدٌ of a bow, The handle: (S, A, Msb:) or the part a little above the handle, (Az, L, Msb,) against which the arrow goes: (Az, L:) or the part between the two extremities of the handle, and that along which the arrow runs: (S, L:) or the part [midway] between the two extremities of its suspensory string or cord or the like: (As, L, K:) [see رِجْلٌ :] or the space of a cubit from its handle: (L, K:) or each part where the thong of its suspensory string or the like is tied: (L:) in the bow is its كَبِد , which is the part [midway] between the two extremities of its suspensory string or the like; then, next to this, the كُلْيَة ; then, next to this, the أَبْهَر ; then, next to this, the طَائِف ; then, the سِئَة , which is the curved part of each extremity. (As, L.) فُلَانٌ تُضْرَبٌ إِلَيْه أَكْبَادُ الإِبِلِ Such a one is a person to whom men journey seeking knowledge &c. (S, L, K.) [See an ex. in the first paragraph of art. ضرب .] سُودٌ الأَكْبَادِ [Black-livered men;] a designation of enemies, (As, S, L, K,) similar to صُهْبُ السِّبَالِ [q. v.]: (As, S, L:) they are so called because the effects of rancour, or malevolence, have [as it were] burnt their livers so that they have become black; the liver being the source of enmity. (L.)