[1]
كَرَبَ , aor.
كَرُبَ , inf. n. كُرُوبٌ, It was, or
became, near; drew near; approached. (S, K.)
[Compare قَرُبَ.] ―
2-b2- [You say] كَرَبَ أَنْ يَكُونَ,
and كَرَبَ يَكُونُ, He, or it, was near, or nigh,
to being ―
2-b3- . (TA.) 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]. (Sb.)
كَرَبَ أَنْ يَفْعَلَ كَذَا He was near, or nigh, to
doing so; he well nigh, or almost, did so. (S, K.)
―
2-b4- كَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun was, or became, near
to setting. (S, K.) ―
2-b5- كربت الجَارِيَةُ ان تُدْرِكَ
The girl was near to coming of age. (TA.) ―
2-b6-
كَرَبَتْ حَيَاةُ النَّارِ The fire was near to becoming
extinguished. (S, K.) ＝
1-A2- كَرَبَ He bound near
together the two pasterns of an ass or of a
camel with a rope or with shackles. (TA.) ―
2-b2-
كَرَبَ القَيْدَ He straitened, or made narrow, the
shackle, or shackles, (S, K, TA,) upon the
[animal] shackled. (S, K.) 'Abd-Allah Ibn-
'Anameh Ed-Dabbee says,
أَزْجُرْ حِمَارَكَ لَا يَرْتَعْ بِرَوْضَتِنَا
إِذًا يُرَدَّ وَقَيْدُ العَيْرِ مَكْرُوبُ
[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]: (S:) meaning
Do not venture to revile us; for we are able to
shackle this ass, and to prevent his acting as he
pleaseth. (L.) See Ham, p. 290. ―
2-b3- كَرَبَ,
aor.
كَرُبَ , He loaded a she-camel. (S, K.) ＝
1-A3-
كَرَبَهُ, (aor.
كَرُبَ , inf. n. كَرْبٌ, TA,) It (sorrow,
grief, &c., S, K, or an affair, Msb, TA) afflicted,
distressed, or oppressed, him, (S, Msb, K,) so that
it filled his heart with rage. (Msb.) See also 8. ＝
1-A4- كَرَبَ الدَّلْوَ, aor.
كَرُبَ , (inf. n. كَرْبٌ, TA,) and
↓ كرّبها, (K,) and ↓ اكربها, (S, K,) He put or
attached, a كَرَب to the bucket. (S, K.) ―
2-b2-
كَرِبَ, aor.
كَرَبَ , The rope called كَرَب of his bucket
broke. (K.) كَرَبَ, aor.
كَرُبَ ; and ↓ كرّب; explained by the words طَقْطَقَ الكَرِيبَ لِخَشَبَةِ الخَبَّازِ
[app. meaning, He caused the كريب (a baker's
wooden implement) to make a sound, or a reiterated sound, such as is termed طَقْطَقَة]. (K.) ＝
1-A5- كَرَبَ; (accord. to the K;) or ↓ كرّب,
inf. n. تَكْرِيبٌ; (accord. to IM;) He sowed land
such as is called كَرِيبٌ. (K.) ―
2-b2- كَرَبَ الأَرْضَ,
aor.
كَرُبَ , inf. n. كَرْبٌ and كِرَابٌ, He turned over
the ground for sowing, (K,) or for cultivating.
(S, Msb.) ＝
1-A6- كَرَبَ, aor.
كَرُبَ , He took the كَرَب
(or lower parts, or ends, of the branches) from the
palm-trees. (IAar, K.) He lopped a palmtree. (Msb.) ＝
1-A7- كَرَبَ, aor.
كَرُبَ ; and ↓ كرّب;
He ate the dates called كُرَابَة. (K.) ＝
1-A8- كَرَبَ,
aor.
كَرُبَ , inf. n. 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).