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يُكَابِدُ struggle against in Arabic

يُكَابِدُ is how you say “struggle against” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَأَنَّهُ يُكَابِدُ مِئَةَ جَاهِلٍ

And that he struggles against a hundred ignorant people.

يُكَابِدُ he struggles against

This is a present-tense verb in a Form-III pattern that carries the sense of sustained back-and-forth effort against an opponent, 'contends with'. Its subject 'he' is built in. The pattern itself is what gives the verb its 'struggle against' force.

From On Reason and Temptation

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More example sentences

وَيُكَابِدُ الْمُؤْمِنُ الْعَاقِلُ فَيَتَصَعَّبُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى لَا يَنَالَ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ

And he struggles with the sensible believer, making it so difficult for him that he obtains nothing of what he seeks.

وَيُكَابِدُ and he struggles against

The wa- continues the description, and the verb it prefixes is a present-tense Form-III, carrying the 'sustained struggle against' sense. Its subject 'he' is built in. So it adds a parallel action: the devil also contends with the sensible believer.

From On Reason and Temptation

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