كرب

كَرَبَ؛ كارَبَ؛ كَارِبٌ

To be near, draw near, approach, or be on the point of doing or becoming something.

Includes being near sunset, near maturity, near death, or near a stated quantity; the Form III usage is explicitly equated with قارَبَ.

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كَرَبَ

To bind the two pasterns of an ass or camel closely together, or to tighten its shackles.

A transitive use referring to fastening or narrowing an animal’s shackle.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَ

To load a she-camel.

A distinct Form I transitive usage.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَهُ

To afflict, distress, or oppress someone or something with sorrow, grief, or a distressing affair.

A transitive causative use; the object may be a person, an affair, or another matter capable of causing distress.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَ الدَّلْوَ

To attach a كَرَب, a bucket-rope fitting, to a bucket.

Refers to the rope or fastening arrangement used with a water bucket.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرِبَ

To break, said of the rope called كَرَب belonging to a bucket.

A specialized intransitive use tied to the bucket rope.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَ

In a disputed technical expression, to make a baker’s wooden implement produce a repeated sound.

The wording and interpretation are reported tentatively in the lexical evidence.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَ

To sow land of the type called كَرِيبٌ.

A specialized agricultural use distinct from turning or ploughing the ground.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَ الأَرْضَ؛ كِرَابُ الأَرْضِ

To turn over or plough the ground for sowing or cultivation.

The associated noun denotes the turning of soil; one cited proverb uses the expression in connection with oxen.

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كَرَبَ

To remove the lower parts or ends of palm branches; to lop a palm-tree.

A specialized agricultural and palm-cultivation use.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَ

To eat dates called كُرَابَة.

A specialized use referring to a named kind of date.

• Lane · entry 28059

كَرَبَ

To twist a rope or similar object; another transmitted reading gives the meaning “to slay.”

The lexical source records conflicting readings of the verb, so the second meaning is not equally secure.

• Lane · entry 28059

أَكْرَبَ

To cause distress, sorrow, grief, or affliction.

Form IV causative use.

• Lane · entry 28062

أَكْرَبَ

To fill a skin.

A transitive Form IV use referring specifically to a skin or leather container.

• Lane · entry 28062

أَكْرَبَ الإِنَاءَ

To nearly fill a vessel.

A Form IV construction expressing that the vessel has been filled almost to capacity.

• Lane · entry 28062

أَكْرَبَ

To hasten, speed, or run rapidly.

A marked or less usual Form IV use, especially of a person, horse, or other running animal.

• Lane · entry 28062

تَكَرَّبَ

To pick the dates remaining among the roots of the branches of a palm-tree.

Form V use after the main racemes of fruit have been cut off.

• Lane · entry 28063

اِكْتَرَبَ

To become afflicted, distressed, or oppressed by sorrow, grief, or a distressing affair.

An inchoative or reflexive Form VIII use describing entry into a state of distress.

• Lane · entry 28064

كَرَبٌ

A rope or rope-fitting attached to a bucket, including a secondary rope retained if the main rope breaks.

A specialized water-drawing implement; the exact arrangement is described somewhat differently in the lexical reports.

• Lane · entry 28067

كَرَبٌ

The thick lower parts, ends, or stumps of palm branches left after lopping.

A collective noun for the broad, step-like remains of lower palm branches.

• Lane · entry 28067

كَرَبَةٌ؛ كِرَابٌ

A channel through which water flows in a valley, or an upper part of a valley.

The singular and plural are associated with valley watercourses; the lexical attribution is reported as conditional in the source tradition.

• Lane · entry 28069

كَرَبَةٌ

A piece of wood into which the head of a tent-pole is inserted.

A specialized tent or construction implement.

• Lane · entry 28069

كَرْبَانُ

A vessel that is nearly full.

The feminine and plural forms are also recorded; the word is connected in the lexical discussion with being near fullness.

• Lane · entry 28070

كِرَابُ إِنَاءٍ

A quantity just short of the full or heaped-up contents of a vessel.

Refers to an amount nearly equal to a vessel’s full measure, not necessarily to the vessel itself.

• Lane · entry 28071

كَرِيبٌ

Land without water or trees, land cleared for sowing, or land that has never been sown or cultivated.

A specialized adjective or noun for uncultivated or prepared land; the cited lexical authorities give somewhat differing descriptions.

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كَرِيبٌ

A wooden implement used by a baker to form bread cakes, possibly including a rolling-pin-like tool.

The source reports uncertainty over one of the synonymous explanations and over a later explanatory addition.

• Lane · entry 28073

كَرِيبٌ

A knot or joint of a reed or cane.

A specialized botanical or material sense.

• Lane · entry 28073

كُرَابَةٌ

Dates scattered or remaining among the roots of palm branches after the fruit racemes have been cut.

The form كَرَابَةٌ is also recorded as an alternate; the plural is أَكْرِبَةٌ.

• Lane · entry 28075

أَكْرِبَةٌ

In a disputed interpretation of a poetic passage, mountain tops or upper places from which mountain water flows.

This interpretation is attributed to one authority and explicitly challenged by another; it should not be treated as the ordinary meaning of كُرَابَةٌ.

• Lane · entry 28075

كَرِيبَةٌ

A misfortune, calamity, or severe calamity.

A feminine noun with the plural كَرَائِبُ.

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الكَرُوبِيُّونَ

The chief or nearest angels, traditionally identified with the archangels or cherubim.

The lexical tradition gives several possible derivations, including nearness, firmness, and awe; the term is preserved here as a conventional Classical usage.

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كَرَّابٌ

In the expression مَا بِالدَّارِ كَرَّابٌ: there is no one in the house.

An idiomatic expression rather than a general count-noun meaning.

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أَمْرٌ كَارِبٌ

An afflicting, distressing, or oppressive affair.

An adjectival use describing an affair or situation as distressing.

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مُكْرَبٌ

Firm, hard, or compact in make; said of joints, hooves, animals, ropes, buildings, and similar structures.

A specialized descriptive usage, sometimes marked as figurative or conjecturally extended; it includes a firmly jointed animal and a strongly made horse.

• Lane · entry 28080

مُكْرَبَاتٌ

Camels brought to the doors of tents or dwellings in severe cold so that they may be warmed by the smoke.

The source also equates the form with مُقْرَبَاتٌ, so the derivation and exact lexical relationship are uncertain.

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دَلْوٌ مُكْرَبَةٌ

A bucket having a كَرَب attached to it.

A passive participial description of a bucket fitted with the specialized bucket-rope attachment.

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مَكْرُوبٌ

Afflicted, distressed, or oppressed by sorrow, grief, or anxiety.

A passive participle describing a person or other affected entity in a state of distress.

• Lane · entry 28081