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1 غَرَبَ ذ , aor. غَرُبَ , (TA,) inf. n. غَرْبٌ, (K, TA,) He, or it, went, went away, passed away, or departed. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- And He retired, or removed, (K, * TA,) عَنِ النَّاسِ [from men, or from the people]. (TA.) ― -b3- And غَرَبَ, (S, K, TA,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (TA;) and ↓ غرّب ; (A, TA;) and ↓ تغرّب ; (K, TA;) He, or it, became distant, or remote; or went to a distance. (S, A, K, TA.) One says, اُغْرُبْ عَنِّى Go thou, or withdraw, to a distance from me. (S.) ― -b4- And غَرَبَ and ↓ غرّب He, or it, became absent, or hidden. (K.) The former is said of a wild animal, meaning He retired from view, or hid himself, in his lurking-place. (A.) ― -b5- And غَرَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ, (S, Msb, TA,) aor. غَرُبَ , (Msb,) inf. n. غُرُوبٌ (S, Msb, TA) and مَغْرِبٌ [which is anomalous] and مُغَيْرِبَانٌ [which is more extr.], (TA,) The sun set: (S, Msb, TA:) and غَرَبَ النَّجْمُ The star set. (TA.) -A2- غَرْبٌ [app. as an inf. n. of which the verb is غَرَبَ] signifies also (assumed tropical:) The being brisk, lively, or sprightly. (K.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) The persevering (K, TA) in an affair. (TA.) ― -b3- غَرَبَتِ العَيْنٌ, inf. n. غَرْبٌ, The eye was affected with a tumour such as is termed غَرْبٌ [q. v.] in the inner angle. (TA.) -A3- غَرُبَ, aor. غَرُبَ , inf. n. غَرَابَةٌ or غُرْبَةٌ and غُرْبٌ, said of a man: see 5. ― -b2- غَرُبَ, (K, TA,) inf. n. غَرَابَةٌ, said of language, (A, TA,) It was strange, or far from being intelligible; difficult to be understood; obscure. (A, * K, TA.) And in like manner, you say, غَرُبَتِ الكَلِمَةُ [which also signifies The word was strange as meaning unusual]. (A, TA.) -A4- غَرِبَ, aor. غَرَبَ , (K, TA,) inf. n. غَرَبٌ, (TA,) He, or it, was, or became, black. (K, TA.) -A5- غَرِبَتْ said of a ewe or she-goat, She was, or became, affected with the disease termed غَرَبٌ meaning as expl. below. (S.) -A6- See also غَرَبٌ in another sense.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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