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أَكربهُ

Root: كرب

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَكربهُIV [He, or it, affected him with كَرْب, i. e. sorrow, grief, distress, or affliction: occurring in the TA in several places.]

def.2 اكرب, Verbal.Noun إِكْرَابٌ, He filled a skin.
2 اكرب الإِنَاءَ He nearly filled the vessel: [as also اقربه].
3 See 1.

def.3 اكرب, Verbal.Noun إِكْرَابٌ, He hastened, or sped: he ran, in the manner termed إِحْضَار and عَدْو. You say, خُذْ رِجْلَيْكَ بِإِكْرَابٍ [Take up thy feet with speed,] when you order one to hasten in his pace. In this sense, أَكْرَبَ is said of a man, but seldom; and of a horse, or other animal that runs.
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