See also: کرب and ك ر ب

Arabic

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Root
ك ر ب (k r b)
5 terms

Verb

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كَرَبَ (karaba) I (non-past يَكْرُبُ (yakrubu), verbal noun كَرْب (karb))

  1. to oppress, to distress
  2. to grieve, to worry, to trouble
  3. to ache, to anguish, to agonize, to cause pain to
  4. to overburden, to overload (a work animal)
  5. (only in past tense) to almost do something (with following non-past or with أَن (ʔan) + subjunctive)
    Synonyms: كَادَ (kāda), أَوْشَكَ (ʔawšaka)
    كَرَبَ ٱلْحَالُ يَنْصَلِحُ.
    karaba l-ḥālu yanṣaliḥu.
    The situation starts to improve.

Conjugation

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Noun

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كَرْب (karbm (plural كُرُوب (kurūb))

  1. verbal noun of كَرَبَ (karaba) (form I)
  2. worry, sorrow, care, grief, apprehension, concern, anxiety, fear, heartache, agony, affliction, anguish, blues, dejection, gloom, pang, distress, trouble, gloominess, pain, torment, torture, glumness, a lump in the throat, low spirits, grimness

Declension

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Noun

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كُرْب (kurbm

  1. grief, anxiety
  2. near
  3. a large number of lashes

Declension

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Noun

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كُرَب (kurabpl

  1. plural of كُرْبَة (kurba)