قَرُبَ
Root: قرب
Form: 1
Full Definition
قَرُبَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun قُرْبٌ and قُرْبَةٌ and قَرَابَةٌ and قُرْبَى and مَقْرَبَةٌ, [to which may be added some other syns. mentioned below with قُرْبٌ and قَرَابَةٌ,] It, and he, was, or became, near; syn. دَنَا; contr. of
بَعُدَ: or قُرْبٌ is in place, and قُرْبَةٌ is in station, or grade, or rank, and قَرَابَةٌ and قُرْبَى are in
الرَّحِم [meaning relationship, or relationship by the female side]; or, accord. to the T, قَرَابَةٌ is in النَّسَب [app. relationship in a general sense], and قُرْبَى is in
الرَّحِم [app. as meaning relationship by the female side]: You say, قَرُبَ مِنْهُ, and إِلَيْهِ; and قَرِبَهُ, Present.T
ـَ; Verbal.Noun قُرْبٌ, or قُرْبٌ and قُرْبَةٌ &c. as above, or قُرْبٌ and مَقْرَبَةٌ and مَقْرُبَةٌ; and قِرْبَانٌ and قُرْبَانٌ; he was, or became, near to it; syn. دَنَا: or the former verb means thus; but when one says لَا تَقْرَبْ كَذَا with fet-h to the ر, the meaning is, occupy not thyself with doing such a thing: or قَرِبْتُ الأَمْرَ, Present.T
ـَ and قَرَبْتُهُ, Present.T
ـُ i. e., like تَعِبَ and like قَتَلَ, Verbal.Noun قِرْبَانٌ, signifies I did the thing, or affair; or I was, or became, near, or I approached, to it, or to doing it [or to doing something with it or to it]: an ex. of the former meaning is the saying [in the Kur xvii. 34], لَا تَقْرَبُوا ٱلزِّنَا [Commit not ye fornication, or adultery; or, accord. to some, this is an ex. of the latter meaning]; and hence one says, قَرِبْتُ المَرْأَةَ, Verbal.Noun قِرْبَانٌ, a metonymical phrase, meaning I compressed the woman: and an ex. of the latter meaning is the saying, لَا
تَقْرَبُوا الحِمَى i. e. لَا تَدْنُوا مِنْهُ [meaning Approach not ye to doing, or to entering upon, the thing, or place, that is prohibited, or interdicted]. And the Arabs say, of a man, when a thing has disquieted, or disturbed, and grieved, him, أَخَذَهُ مَا قَرُبَ وَمَا بَعُدَ, as though meaning
2 قَرُبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قُرْبٌ signifies also
3 In the phrase قَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ لِلْمَغِيبِ [meaning The sun was, or became, near to setting], like كَرَبَت, the ق is asserted by Yaakoob to be a substitute for ك.
def.2 قَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ; inf. in. قِرَابَةٌ, He journeyed to water, there being between him and it a night's journey. [See also أَقْرَبَ القَوْمُ. Or,] accord. to Lth, you say, قَرَبُوا, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَرَبٌ [q. v.], meaning They, after pasturing their camels in the tract between them and the wateringplace, and journeying on during a part of the time until there remained between them and the water a night, or an evening, hastened in their course. And قَرَبَ الإِبِل [in some copies of the K الإِبِلَ and in others الإِبِلُ], Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قِرَابَةٌ; thus in the K; but accord. to Th, قَرَبَتِ الإِبِلُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَرَبٌ; i. e. The camels journeyed by night in order to arrive at the water on the morrow: and [a man says, of himself,] قَرَبْتُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قِرَابَةٌ.
2 And قَرَبْتُ المَآءَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَرَبٌ, so in the Fs [of Th, meaning I journeyed to the water by night in order to reach it on the following morning]. [Or] you say, قَرَبُوا المَآءَ, meaning They sought, or sought to attain, the water.
3 And [hence] one says, فُلَانٌ يَقْرُبُ حَاجَتُهُ, meaning
def.3 قَرَبَ السَّيْفَ, Verbal.Noun قَرْبٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِقْرَابٌ; He put the sword into the قِرَاب [q. v.]: or the former, or ↓ the latter, he made for the sword a قِرَاب: or ↓ the latter has both of these significations: or the former verb is said of a sword or of a knife in the former sense; and in like manner ↓ the latter verb in the latter sense: or the former phrase signifies he made for the sword a قِرَاب; and ↓ the latter phrase, he put the sword into its قِرَاب: and one says, قرّب قِرَابًا and , meaning he made a قِرَاب.
def.4 قَرْبٌ [as an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is قَرَبَ] also signifies The feeding a guest with the أَقْرَاب meaning flanks [of an animal or of animals, pl. of قُرْبٌ or قُرُبٌ].
def.5 And قَرِبَ, with kesr to the ر, like فَرِح, [Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun app. قَرَبٌ,] He had a complaint of his قُرْب or قُرُب, [i. e.] of his flank; as also قرّب , Verbal.Noun تَقْرِيبٌ.
2 قَرُبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قُرْبٌ signifies also
3 In the phrase قَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ لِلْمَغِيبِ [meaning The sun was, or became, near to setting], like كَرَبَت, the ق is asserted by Yaakoob to be a substitute for ك.
def.2 قَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ; inf. in. قِرَابَةٌ, He journeyed to water, there being between him and it a night's journey. [See also أَقْرَبَ القَوْمُ. Or,] accord. to Lth, you say, قَرَبُوا, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَرَبٌ [q. v.], meaning They, after pasturing their camels in the tract between them and the wateringplace, and journeying on during a part of the time until there remained between them and the water a night, or an evening, hastened in their course. And قَرَبَ الإِبِل [in some copies of the K الإِبِلَ and in others الإِبِلُ], Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قِرَابَةٌ; thus in the K; but accord. to Th, قَرَبَتِ الإِبِلُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَرَبٌ; i. e. The camels journeyed by night in order to arrive at the water on the morrow: and [a man says, of himself,] قَرَبْتُ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قِرَابَةٌ.
2 And قَرَبْتُ المَآءَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun قَرَبٌ, so in the Fs [of Th, meaning I journeyed to the water by night in order to reach it on the following morning]. [Or] you say, قَرَبُوا المَآءَ, meaning They sought, or sought to attain, the water.
3 And [hence] one says, فُلَانٌ يَقْرُبُ حَاجَتُهُ, meaning
def.3 قَرَبَ السَّيْفَ, Verbal.Noun قَرْبٌ; and , Verbal.Noun إِقْرَابٌ; He put the sword into the قِرَاب [q. v.]: or the former, or ↓ the latter, he made for the sword a قِرَاب: or ↓ the latter has both of these significations: or the former verb is said of a sword or of a knife in the former sense; and in like manner ↓ the latter verb in the latter sense: or the former phrase signifies he made for the sword a قِرَاب; and ↓ the latter phrase, he put the sword into its قِرَاب: and one says, قرّب قِرَابًا and , meaning he made a قِرَاب.
def.4 قَرْبٌ [as an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is قَرَبَ] also signifies The feeding a guest with the أَقْرَاب meaning flanks [of an animal or of animals, pl. of قُرْبٌ or قُرُبٌ].
def.5 And قَرِبَ, with kesr to the ر, like فَرِح, [Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun app. قَرَبٌ,] He had a complaint of his قُرْب or قُرُب, [i. e.] of his flank; as also قرّب , Verbal.Noun تَقْرِيبٌ.
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