كرب

كَارِبٌ ذ [ Becoming near; drawing near; approaching ]: near; nigh. (TA.) ― -b2- 'Abd-Keys Ibn-Khufáf El-Burjumee says, أَبُنَىَّ اـِنَّ أَبَاكَ كَارِبُ يَوْمِهِ فَاـِذَا دُعِيتَ اـِلَى المَكَارِمِ فَا@عْجَلِ [ O my child, verily thy father is near to his day ( of death ): therefore when thou shalt be called to ( the performance of ) generous actions, make haste ]. (S.) -A2- أَمْرٌ كَارِبُ An afflicting, distressing, or oppressive, affair. (TA.)