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كَارِبٌ ذ [Becoming near; drawing near; approaching]: near; nigh. (TA.) ― -b2- 'Abd-Keys Ibn-Khufáf El-Burjumee says, “ أَبُنَىَّ إِِنَّ أَبَاكَ كَارِبُ يَوْمِهِ
فَإِِذَا دُعِيتَ إِِلَى المَكَارِمِ فَا@عْجَلِ
” [O my child, verily thy father is near to his day (of death): therefore when thou shalt be called to (the performance of ) generous actions, make haste]. (S.) -A2- أَمْرٌ كَارِبُ An afflicting, distressing, or oppressive, affair. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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