كَارِبٌ
1.
[Becoming near; drawing near; approaching]: near; nigh. (TA.)
2.
'Abd-Keys Ibn-Khufáf El-Burjumee says,
[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.)أَبُنَىَّ إِنَّ أَبَاكَ كَارِبُ يَوْمِهِفَإِذَا دُعِيتَ إِلَى المَكَارِمِ فَاعْجَلِ
3.
أَمْرٌ كَارِبُ
An afflicting, distressing, or oppressive, affair. (TA.)