See also: کرب and ك ر ب

Arabic edit

Root
ك ر ب (k-r-b)

Verb edit

كَرَبَ (karaba) I, non-past يَكْرُبُ‎ (yakrubu)

  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 edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Noun edit

كُرْب (kurbm

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

Declension edit

Noun edit

كُرَب (kurabpl

  1. plural of كُرْبَة (kurba)