كَرْب

1. كَرَبَ

1 karaba * , aor. karuba , inf. n. kuruwbN , It was, or became, near; drew near; approached. (S, K.) [Compare qaruba .] ― -b2- [You say] karaba A^ano yakuwna , and karaba yakuwnu , 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 enunci

2. كَرْبٌ

karobN * [an inf. n. of 1, q. v.] ― -b2- [You say] h`*ahi A_ibilN miAy^apN A^awo karobuhaA (this is the right reading; and some say that ↓ kurobuhaA is correct: TA: [the latter is the reading in the CK:]) There are a hundred camels, or about that number; or nearly so. (K.) krb is syn. with qurobN .

3. كَرَبٌ

karabN * The rope that is tied to the bucket after the maniyn , which is the first [or main ] rope, so that it ( the krb ) remains if the mnyn break: or the rope that is tied to the middle of the cross-bars of the bucket, ( and is then doubled, and then trebled, S,) so as to be that which is next th