كَرَبَ
Root: كرب
Form: 1
Full Definition
كَرَبَI
, Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun كُرُوبٌ, It was, or became, near; drew near; approached. [Compare قَرُبَ.]
2 [You say] كَرَبَ أَنْ يَكُونَ, and كَرَبَ يَكُونُ, He, or it, was near, or nigh, to being
3 . This is one of the verbs to which one does not give as its enunciative the act. part. n. of the verb which is its proper enunciative: [so that] you do not say, كَرَبَ كَائِنًا: [in which كَرَبَ implies the pron. هُوَ, which is called its noun; and كائنا is put for يَكُونُ, or أَنْ يَكُونَ, its proper enunciative]. كَرَبَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا He was near, or nigh, to doing so; he well nigh, or almost, did so.
4 كَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun was, or became, near to setting.
5 كربت الجَارِيَةُ ان تُدْرِكَ The girl was near to coming of age.
6 كَرَبَتْ حَيَاةُ النَّارِ The fire was near to becoming extinguished.
def.2 كَرَبَ He bound near together the two pasterns of an ass or of a camel with a rope or with shackles.
2 كَرَبَ القَيْدَ He straitened, or made narrow, the shackle, or shackles, upon the [animal] shackled. 'Abd-Allah Ibn- 'Anameh Ed-Dabbee says,
3 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ He loaded a she-camel.
def.3 كَرَبَهُ, (Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ, TA,) It afflicted, distressed, or oppressed, him, so that it filled his heart with rage. See also 8.
def.4 كَرَبَ الدَّلْوَ, Present.T ـُ (Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ, TA,) and كرّبها , and , He put or attached, a كَرَب to the bucket.
2 كَرِبَ, Present.T ـَ The rope called كَرَب of his bucket broke. كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ; and كرّب ; explained by the words طَقْطَقَ الكَرِيبَ لِخَشَبَةِ الخَبَّازِ [app. meaning, He caused the كريب to make a sound, or a reiterated sound, such as is termed طَقْطَقَة].
def.5 كَرَبَ; or كرّب , Verbal.Noun تَكْرِيبٌ; He sowed land such as is called كَرِيبٌ.
2 كَرَبَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ and كِرَابٌ, He turned over the ground for sowing, or for cultivating.
def.6 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ He took the كَرَب from the palm-trees. He lopped a palmtree.
def.7 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ; and كرّب ; He ate the dates called كُرَابَة.
def.8 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ, He twisted [a rope &c.] (قُتَلَ: accord. to some copies of the K) or he slew (قَتَلَ: accord to other copies of the same).
2 [You say] كَرَبَ أَنْ يَكُونَ, and كَرَبَ يَكُونُ, He, or it, was near, or nigh, to being
3 . This is one of the verbs to which one does not give as its enunciative the act. part. n. of the verb which is its proper enunciative: [so that] you do not say, كَرَبَ كَائِنًا: [in which كَرَبَ implies the pron. هُوَ, which is called its noun; and كائنا is put for يَكُونُ, or أَنْ يَكُونَ, its proper enunciative]. كَرَبَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا He was near, or nigh, to doing so; he well nigh, or almost, did so.
4 كَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun was, or became, near to setting.
5 كربت الجَارِيَةُ ان تُدْرِكَ The girl was near to coming of age.
6 كَرَبَتْ حَيَاةُ النَّارِ The fire was near to becoming extinguished.
def.2 كَرَبَ He bound near together the two pasterns of an ass or of a camel with a rope or with shackles.
2 كَرَبَ القَيْدَ He straitened, or made narrow, the shackle, or shackles, upon the [animal] shackled. 'Abd-Allah Ibn- 'Anameh Ed-Dabbee says,
[Check thine ass: let him not pasture at large in our meadow: in that case he will be sent back with the ass's shackles straitened]: meaning Do not venture to revile us; for we are able to shackle this ass, and to prevent his acting as he pleaseth. See Ham, p. 290.أَزْجُرْ حِمَارَكَ لَا يَرْتَعْ بِرَوْضَتِنَا إِذًا يُرَدَّ وَقَيْدُ العَيْرِ مَكْرُوبُ
3 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ He loaded a she-camel.
def.3 كَرَبَهُ, (Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ, TA,) It afflicted, distressed, or oppressed, him, so that it filled his heart with rage. See also 8.
def.4 كَرَبَ الدَّلْوَ, Present.T ـُ (Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ, TA,) and كرّبها , and , He put or attached, a كَرَب to the bucket.
2 كَرِبَ, Present.T ـَ The rope called كَرَب of his bucket broke. كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ; and كرّب ; explained by the words طَقْطَقَ الكَرِيبَ لِخَشَبَةِ الخَبَّازِ [app. meaning, He caused the كريب to make a sound, or a reiterated sound, such as is termed طَقْطَقَة].
def.5 كَرَبَ; or كرّب , Verbal.Noun تَكْرِيبٌ; He sowed land such as is called كَرِيبٌ.
2 كَرَبَ الأَرْضَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ and كِرَابٌ, He turned over the ground for sowing, or for cultivating.
def.6 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ He took the كَرَب from the palm-trees. He lopped a palmtree.
def.7 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ; and كرّب ; He ate the dates called كُرَابَة.
def.8 كَرَبَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun كَرْبٌ, He twisted [a rope &c.] (قُتَلَ: accord. to some copies of the K) or he slew (قَتَلَ: accord to other copies of the same).
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