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كرب

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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)

Chadian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic كَرَبَ (karaba).

Verb

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كرب (karab) I (non-past يكرب (yakrub))

  1. to hold, to grab, to catch
    • 2019, الكتاب المقدس بالعربي الدارجي هنا تشاد [The Bible in Chadian Arabic]‎[1], N'Djamena: Alliance biblique du Tchad, مَرْخُوس [Marcus] 9:27:
      وَ لَاكِنْ عِيسَى كَرَبْ إِيدَهْ وَ عَاوَنَهْ وَ الْوِلَيْد قَمَّ فَوْق
      wa lākin ʔisa karab ʔīdah wa ʔāwanah wa l-wilēd gamma fōg
      But Jesus grabbed his hand and helped him, and the boy got up

References

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  • Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français[2] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 74
  • Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, page 700