iktaʾaba

be depressed, be dejected

اِكْتَأَبَ

Word

Verb · Form VIII

Root

ك ء ب

Forms

Present: يَكْتَئِبُ
Verbal noun: اِكْتِئاب

In the library

فكلما أصلح شيئًا محاه، وكلما نظر إلى محو استبشر، وكلما نظر إلى ثابت اكتأب.

The Small and the Great Book of Manners, page 16 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	اِكْتَأَبَ	يَكْتَئِبُ	—
she هِيَ	اِكْتَأَبَت	تَكْتَئِبُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	اِكْتَأَبا	يَكْتَئِبانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	اِكْتَأَبَتا	تَكْتَئِبانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	اِكْتَأَبُوا	يَكْتَئِبُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	اِكْتَأَبْنَ	يَكْتَئِبْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	اِكْتَأَبْتَ	تَكْتَئِبُ	اِكْتَئِبْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	اِكْتَأَبْتِ	تَكْتَئِبِينَ	اِكْتَئِبِي
you two أَنْتُما	اِكْتَأَبْتُما	تَكْتَئِبانِ	اِكْتَئِبَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	اِكْتَأَبْتُم	تَكْتَئِبُونَ	اِكْتَئِبُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	اِكْتَأَبْتُنَّ	تَكْتَئِبْنَ	اِكْتَئِبْنَ
I أَنا	اِكْتَأَبْتُ	أَكْتَئِبُ	—
we نَحْنُ	اِكْتَأَبْنا	نَكْتَئِبُ	—

From the same root

All words from ك ء ب →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 8 entries

كَيأِبَ Form I He was in an evil state, and broken

, aor. , inf. n. كَأْبَةٌ and كَآبَةٌ (S, K) and كَأْبٌ (K) and كَأْبَآءُ; (TA;) and ↓ اكتأب; (S, K;) He was in an evil state, and broken [in spirit] by grief, or mourning; (S, K;) he was in grief, unhappy, sorrowful, or sad. (K.) See also 4.
اكأبهُ Form IV He caused him to grieve, or mourn, or to be unhappy, sorrowful, or sad

He caused him to grieve, or mourn, or to be unhappy, sorrowful, or sad; (K;) threw him into grief, or mourning, &c. (TA.) ― -b2- اكأب He was in grief, or mourning; was unhappy, sorrowful, or sad: (K:) or he entered upon a state of grief, mourning, unhappiness, sorrow, or sadness; or a state of being changed and broken in spirit by reason of intense anxiety. (TA.) See also 1. -A2- He fell into destruction, or ruin. (K.)
اكتأب وَجْهُ الأَرْضِ Form VIII The face of the earth, or land, became of sad aspect

(tropical:) [The face of the earth, or land, became of sad aspect]. (TA.) See 1.
كَيأِبٌ Open entry

: see كَيأِيبٌ.
كَأْبَآءُ Grief, mourning, unhappiness, sorrow, or sadness

Grief, mourning, unhappiness, sorrow, or sadness: (K:) [in which sense the inf. n. كَآبَةٌ is more commonly used:] or intense grief, &c.: used both as an inf. n. and as an epithet. (TA.) See كَيأِيبٌ.
كُوأَبَةٌ There is nothing in him for which he should be ashamed

i. q. تُوأَبَةٌ, in the following phrase مَا بِهِ كوأبةٌ There is nothing in him for which he should be ashamed. (K.)
كَيأِيبٌ in an evil state, and broken

(S, K) and ↓ كَيأِبٌ and ↓ مَكْتَيأِبٌ (K) A man in an evil state, and broken [in spirit] by grief, or mourning; (S, K;) in grief, unhappy, sorrowful, or sad. (K.) كَيأِيبَةٌ and ↓ كَأْبَآءُ the same, as applied to a woman. (S.) ― -b2- الارض كَيأِيبَةُ الوَجْهِ (tropical:) [The earth, or land, is of sad aspect.] (TA.)
مُكْتَيأِبٌ Ashes of a colour inclining to black

see كَيأِيبٌ. ― -b2- رَمَادٌ مُكْتَيأِبُ اللَّوْنِ Ashes of a colour inclining to black; (S, K;) as is the colour of him who is in an evil state, or broken [in spirit] by grief. (S.)

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