قَرَّبَ

1. قَرُبَ

1 qaruba * , aor. qaruba , inf. n. qurobN (S, Mgh, O, Msb *) and qurobapN and qaraAbapN and qurobaY (Mgh, Msb) and maqorabapN , (Mgh,) [to which may be added some other syns. mentioned below with qurobN and qaraAbapN ,] It, and he, was, or became, near; (S, Mgh, O;) syn. danaA ; (S, O;) contr. of ba

2. قُرْبٌ

qurobN * [mentioned in the first sentence of this art. as an inf. n.] is the contr. of buEodN : (S, O:) [used as a simple subst., it signifies Nearness, and] it is said to be [properly, or primarily,] in respect of place; [i. e. vicinity; ] as distinguished from qurobapN &c. (Msb, TA.) You say, A_in

3. قَرَبٌ

qarabN * [mentioned in the latter half of the first paragraph of this art. as an inf. n.] is [said to be] a subst., signifying A journey to water when it is a night's journey distant: or, as As said, on the authority of an Arab of the desert, (S, O,) a journey by night in order to arrive at the wate