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Form 1كَبَدَهُ6 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarكَبْدٌ كَبَدٌ كُبَادٌ

Core sense — he hit, or hurt, his liver; he was big in the middlegenerated

1.1

and كَبُدَ.

He, or it, hit, or smote, or hurt, his كَبِد [or liver]; or struck it.

1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe cold affected them severely; it distressed themكَبَدَهُمُ البَرْدُ

Or: it smote their livers, which only the most intense cold does.

Muḍāriʿ كَبِدَ and كَبُدَ.

1.1.2he had a pain in his liverكَبِدَ

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he had a complaint of his liverكُبِدَ

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1.2he was big in the belly, in its upper partكَبِدَ

Said of a man: he was bulky in the middle, and so slow in his pace.

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1.2.1

Said of anything: it was big, or large, and thick, in the middle.

1.3

See form 5.

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, (aor. كَبِدَ , AZ, L, K, and كَبُدَ , L, K, inf. n. كَبْدٌ , L,) He, or it, hit, or smote, or hurt, his كَبِد [or liver]: (AZ, S, IKtt, L:) or struck it. (L, K.) كَبَدَهُمُ البَرْدُ , (aor. كَبِدَ and كَبُدَ , K,) The cold affected them severely; distressed them; straitened them: (L, K:) or, smote their livers; which only the most intense cold does. (L, from a trad.) كَبِدَ , aor. كَبَدَ , (L, K,) inf. n. كَبَدٌ , (L,) He had a pain in his liver: (L, K) and (A, L:) or كُبِدَ , (K,) inf. n. كُبَادٌ , (TA,) he had a complaint of his liver. (L, K.) كَبِدَ , aor. كَبَدَ , (L,) inf. n. كَبَدٌ , (S, L, K,) He was big in the belly, (L, K,) in its upper part: (L:) he (a man) was bulky in the middle, and therefore slow in his pace. (S, L.) It (anything) was big, or large, and thick, in the middle. (L.) See 5.
Form 2كَبَّدَ1 sense

Core sense — he directed his course towards it, he aimed at its middlegenerated

2.1

See form 5.

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See 5.
Form 3كابد الأَمْرَ3 senses · 1 main
maṣdarمُكَابَدَةٌ

Core sense — he endured the thing, he struggled against its difficultygenerated

3.1figurative · مجاز

Maṣdar مُكَابَدَةٌ and كِبَادٌ.

He endured the thing; he struggled, or contended, against it, and against its difficulty or severity; synonym قَاسَاهُ.

Or قَاسَى شِدَّتهُ: he endured, or struggled against, its difficulty, trouble, or inconvenience; synonym عَانَى مَشَقَّتَهُ: he underwent difficulties, troubles, or inconveniences in doing it.

3.1.1figurative · مجازhe braved the terribleness and difficulty of the nightكابد اللَّيْلَ

Said of a man; "braved" here is رَكِبَ.

I braved the darkness of this night with a mighty bravingكَابَدْتُ ظُلْمَةَ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ مُكَابَدَةً شَدِيدَةً
3.1.2figurative · مجازone party of them struggles, or strives, against the opposition of the otherبَعْضُهُمْ يُكَابِدُ بَعْضًا

Said of adversaries in a contest, litigation, or the like.

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, (inf. n. مُكَابَدَةٌ and كِبَادٌ , L, K,) He endured the thing; struggled, or contended, with, or against, it; struggled or contended with, or against, its difficulty, or severity; syn. قَاسَاهُ , (L, K,) or قَاسَى شِدَّتهُ ; (S;) he endured, or struggled, or contended, with or against, its difficulty, trouble, or inconvenience; syn. عَانَى مَشَقَّتَهُ : (L:) he underwent difficulties, troubles, or inconveniences, in doing it. (Msb.) كابد اللَّيْلَ He (a man) braved ( رَكِبَ ) the terribleness and difficulty of the night. And كَابَدْتُ ظُلْمَةَ هٰذِهِ اللَّيْلَةِ مُكَابَدَةً شَدِيدَةً I braved the darkness of this night with a mighty braving. (Lth, L.) بَعْضُهُمْ يُكَابِدُ بَعْضًا [One party of them struggles, contends, or strives, against the opposition of the other]: said of adversaries in a contest, litigation, or the like. (A.)
Form 5تكبّدهُ4 senses · 3 main
maṣdarتَكْبِيدٌ

Core sense — he directed his course towards it; it became thick; the sun culminatedgenerated

5.1figurative · مجازhe directed his course to it, or towards itكَبَدَهُ

He directed himself, or his course, to it or towards it — namely, an affair, and a town or country; synonym قَصَدَهُ.

Muḍāriʿ كَبِدَ and كَبُدَ.

5.2figurative · مجازit (milk) became thickتكبّد

Said also of any other beverage; and of milk, that it became thick like liver, so that it quivered.

5.3figurative · مجازthe sun came to the middle of the sky; it culminatedتكبّدت الشَّمْسُ

Also تكبّدت الشمسُ السَّمَآءَ.

The middle of the sky here is كَبِد or كُبَيْدَآء.

the star, or asterism, [or the Pleiades,] culminatedكبّد النَّجْمُ السَّمَآءَ

Also كبّدت.

See an example in a verse cited under خَشَفَ.

5.3.1figurative · مجازhe directed his course to the middle and main part of the desertتكّبد الفَلَاةَ
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He tended, or betook himself, or directed himself or his course, to, or towards, it, namely, an affair, (L, K,) and a town or country; syn. قَصَدَهُ ; (L, K;) as also كَبَدَهُ , aor. كَبِدَ and كَبُدَ . (K, TA.) تكبّد It (milk) became thick; (S, A, L, K;) as also any other beverage; (L;) and (the former) became thick like liver, so as to quiver. (L.) تكبّدت الشَّمْسُ , (S, A,) or تكبّدت الشمسُ السَّمَآءَ , (L, K,) The sun became in the كَبِد , (S, L,) or كُبَيْدَآء , (K,) of the sky; (S, L, K;) became in the middle of the sky; culminated; (A;) as also كبّدت , inf. n. تَكْبِيدٌ : (K:) and كبّد النَّجْمُ السَّمَآءَ the star, or asterism, [or the Pleiades,] culminated. (S, L.) [See an ex. in a verse cited voce خَشَفَ .] تكّبد الفَلَاةَ He directed his course to, or towards, the middle and main part of the desert. (L.)

Derived nouns 10

Nounكَبْدٌ1 sense

Core sense — the liver; the middle and main part of a thinggenerated

1

And كِبْدٌ: see كَبِدٌ.

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and كِبْدٌ : see كَبِدٌ .
Nounكَبَدٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — difficulty, distress, affliction, troublegenerated

1figurative · مجازhe fell into difficultyوَقَعَ فِى كَبَدٍ
we have created man in difficultyلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ فِى كَبَدٍ

Difficulty; distress; affliction; trouble.

So in the words of the Qur'ān 90:4 — that is, in a state in which he has to contend with the afflictions of the present life and the difficulties belonging to the life to come.

Or فى كبد here means: in a right and just state (Aboo-Tálib); or in an erect state, and in just proportion; or in an erect state, walking upon his two legs, whereas other animals are not erect; or in the belly of his mother, with his head towards her head — the child remains so until near the birth, when it becomes inverted.

1.1

And see كَابِدٌ and كَبِدٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences كَبَد
90:4
لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

Verily We have created man into toil and struggle.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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Difficulty; distress; affliction; trouble. (S, A, L, Msb, K.) Ex. وَقَعَ فِى كَبَدٍ He fell into difficulty, &c. (A.) So in the words of the Kur, [xc, 4,] لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنْسَانَ فِى كَبَدٍ Verily we have created man in difficulty, &c., (S, L, Jel,) in a state in which he has to contend with the afflictions of the present life and the difficulties pertaining to the life to come: (Zj, * Jel:) or فى كبد here signifies, in a right and just state: (Aboo-Tálib, L:) or in an erect state, and in just proportion: (Fr; L:) or in an erect state, and walking upon his two legs; whereas other animals are not erect: or in the belly of his mother, with his head towards her head; in which state the child remains until near the birth, when it becomes inverted. (L.) And see كَابِدٌ and كَبِدٌ .
Nounكَبِدٌ15 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the liver; the middle and main part of anything; the insidegenerated

1

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 outsideفَوَضَعَ 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 earthكَبِدُ 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 mineralsوَتَلْقِى 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 Nejdدَارُهُ كَبِدَ نَجْدٍ
1.9the middle of a tract of sand, and its main partكَبِدٌ

In the K, كَبَدٌ, but no one [except F] says so.

1.10figurative · مجازthe middle of the sky, and its main partكَبِدٌ

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 airكَبِدٌ

Lh; in the K, كَبَدٌ.

Also كَبْدَآءُ.

1.12figurative · مجازof a bow: the handleكَبِدٌ

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 knowledgeفُلَانٌ تُضْرَبٌ إِلَيْه أَكْبَادُ الإِبِلِ

[See an example in the first paragraph of art. ضرب.]

1.14black-livered men; a designation of enemiesسُودٌ 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.)
Nounكبْدَاءُ1 sense

Core sense — large, or thick, in the middle; a hand-millgenerated

1

See كَبِدٌ and أَكْبَدُ.

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: see كَبِدٌ , and أَكْبَدُ .
Nounكُبَادٌ1 sense

Core sense — pain, or disease, of the livergenerated

1the pain, or disease, of the liver comes from drinking water without sippingالكُبَادُ مِنَ العَبِّ

Pain of the liver: or a disease, or complaint, of the liver.

The only known word for a disease that is derived from the name of the member affected, except نُكَافٌ and قُلَابٌ.

Said in a tradition.

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Pain of the liver: (S, L, K:) or a disease, or complaint, of the liver. (L.) The only known word, signifying a disease, derived from the name of the member affected, except نُكَافٌ and قُلَابٌ . (Kr.) It is said in a trad. الكُبَادُ مِنَ العَبِّ , (S, L,) i. e., The pain, or disease, of the liver is from drinking water without sipping. (L.)
Nounكُبَيْدَاءُ1 sense

Core sense — the middle of the sky, and its main partgenerated

1

And كُبَيْدَاتٌ: see كَبِدٌ.

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and كُبَيْدَاتٌ : see كَبِدٌ .
Nounكَبَّادٌ1 sense

Core sense — a certain species of citron, or lemongenerated

1

A certain species of the لَيْمُون [citrus limon sponginus Ferrari (Delile, Flor. Aeg. Illustr., no. 748): a collective generic noun; ism waḥda with ة].

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A certain species of the لَيْمُون ; [citrus limon sponginus Ferrari: (Delile, Flor. Aeg. Illustr., no. 748:) a coll. gen. n.: n. un. with ة ]. (TA.)
Nounكَابِدٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a struggling, or contending, against difficulty or severitygenerated

1figurative · مجاز

A noun from كَابَدَ [in the sense of مُكَابَدَةٌ; see form 3]; also كَبَدٌ.

Example of the first, said by El-'Ajjáj: [Many a night of nights has passed with a struggling against its severity: I have struggled against its severity; and it was long]

shāhid
وَلَيْلَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيَالِى مَرَّتْبِكَابِدٍ كَابَدْتُهَا وَجَرَّتْ

جرّت means طالت.

1.1figurative · مجازthey are in a state of struggling, or strife, against mutual opposition in their affairإِنَّهُمْ فِى كَبَدٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ

Said of adversaries in a contest, litigation, or the like.

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a subst. from كَابَدَ , (ISd, L, K,) [in the sense of مُكَابَدَةٌ : see 3:] as also كَبَدٌ . (MF.) Ex. of the former, 1 [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.) وَلَيْلَةٍ مِنَ اللَّيَالِى مَرَّتْ | بِكَابِدٍ كَابَدْتُهَا وَجَرَّتْ You also say, of adversaries in a contest, litigation, or the like, إِنَّهُمْ فِى كَبَدٍ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ [Verily they are in a state of struggling, contention, or strife, against mutual opposition with respect to their affair]. (A.)
Nounأَكْبَدُ8 senses · 3 main

Core sense — big, or thick, in the middle; big in the upper part of the bellygenerated

1

Anything big, or large, and thick, in the middle.

1.1a she-camel large in the middleكَبْدَآءُ

In the same way of a tract of sand, رَمْلَةٌ.

1.2big in the upper part of the bellyأَكْبَدُ

A man bulky in the middle, and therefore slow in his pace. Feminine كَبْدَآءُ.

1.3

Having the place of his liver rising, or prominent.

1.4figurative · مجازa bow of which the handle fills the handقَوْسٌ كَبْدَآءُ

Or one of which the part called the كَبِد is thick and strong.

1.5figurative · مجاز — inferreda mill that is turned with the handكَبْدَآءُ

So called because of the difficulty, or trouble, with which it is turned.

2

See مَكْبُودٌ.

3a certain birdأَكْبَدُ
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Anything big, or large, and thick, in the middle. (L.) كَبْدَآءُ A she-camel large in the middle: (L:) and in like manner, a tract of sand, رَمْلَةٌ . (L, K.) أَكْبَدُ Big in the upper part of the belly: (L:) a man bulky in the middle, and therefore slow in his pace: fem. كَبْدَآءُ . (S, L, K. *) Having the place of his liver rising, or prominent. (K.) قَوْسٌ كَبْدَآءُ A bow of which the handle fills the hand: (S, A, L, K:) or, of which the part called the كَبِد is thick and strong. (L.) كَبْدَآءُ A mill that is turned with the hand: (L, K:) so called because of the difficulty, or trouble, with which it is turned. (L.) See مَكْبُودٌ . أَكْبَدُ A certain bird. (K.)
Nounمَكْبُودٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — hit, or hurt, in his liver; having a complaint of his livergenerated

1

Hit, or hurt, in his liver.

See مَكْبُوتٌ.

1.1

Having a complaint of his liver; أَكْبَدُ means the same, or else means having a pain in his liver.

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Hit, or hurt, in his liver. (S.) See مَكْبُوتٌ Having a complaint of his liver: (TA:) and أَكْبَدُ signifies the same: (A, L:) or this latter, having a pain in his liver. (L.)