كرب

1 كَرَبَ ذ , aor. كَرُبَ , inf. n. كُرُوبٌ, It was, or became, near; drew near; approached. (S, K.) [Compare قَرُبَ.] ― -b2- [You say] كَرَبَ أَنْ يَكُونَ, and كَرَبَ يَكُونُ, He, or it, was near, or nigh, to being ― -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.) ― -b4- كَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ The sun was, or became, near to setting. (S, K.) ― -b5- كربت الجَارِيَةُ ان تُدْرِكَ The girl was near to coming of age. (TA.) ― -b6- كَرَبَتْ حَيَاةُ النَّارِ The fire was near to becoming extinguished. (S, K.) -A2- كَرَبَ He bound near together the two pasterns of an ass or of a camel with a rope or with shackles. (TA.) ― -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 اـِذًا 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. ― -b3- كَرَبَ, aor. كَرُبَ , He loaded a she-camel. (S, K.) -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. -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.) ― -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.) -A5- كَرَبَ; (accord. to the K;) or ↓ كرّب, inf. n. تَكْرِيبٌ; (accord. to IM;) He sowed land such as is called كَرِيبٌ. (K.) ― -b2- كَرَبَ الأَرْضَ, aor. كَرُبَ , inf. n. كَرْبٌ and كِرَابٌ, He turned over the ground for sowing, (K,) or for cultivating. (S, Msb.) -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.) -A7- كَرَبَ, aor. كَرُبَ ; and ↓ كرّب; He ate the dates called كُرَابَة. (K.) -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).