kaʾīb

depressed

كَئِيب

Word

Adjective · pattern فَعِيل

Root

ك ء ب

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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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