ك • أ • ب

, aor. كَاَءَ , 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.

He caused him to grieve, or mourn, or to be unhappy, sorrowful, or sad; (K;) threw him into grief, or mourning, &c. (TA.) 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.)

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

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 كَئِيبٌ.

(S, K) and ↓ كَئِبٌ and ↓ مَكْتَئِبٌ (K) A man in an evil state, and broken [in spirit] by grief, or mourning; (S, K;) in grief, unhappy, sorrowful, or sad. (K.) كَئِيبَةٌ and ↓ كَأْبَآءُ the same, as applied to a woman. (S.) الارض كَئِيبَةُ الوَجْهِ (tropical:) [The earth, or land, is of sad aspect.] (TA.)

i. q. تُؤَبَةٌ, in the following phrase مَا بِهِ كؤبةٌ There is nothing in him for which he should be ashamed. (K.)

see كَئِيبٌ. رَمَادٌ مُكْتَئِبُ 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.)