كَابِدٌ
1.
(tropical:) a subst. from كَابَدَ, (ISd, L, K,) [in the sense of مُكَابَدَةٌ: see 3:] as also
كَبَدٌ. (MF.) Ex. of the former,
[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 مَرَّتْبِكَابِدٍ كَابَدْتُهَا وَجَرَّتْ
2.
You also say, of adversaries in a contest, litigation, or the like, مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ
إِنَّهُمْ فِى كَبَدٍ (tropical:) [Verily they are in a state of struggling, contention, or strife, against mutual opposition with respect to their affair]. (A.)