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دهقع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root pertains to intense hunger that incapacitates a person. It describes a severe state of starvation that overwhelms the individual.

Derived headwords

الدَّهْقُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    Severe hungerclassical

    An extreme and overwhelming hunger that causes a person to collapse or be incapacitated.

Parallel reading

الجوع الدهقوع: هو الشديد الذي يصرع صاحبه.
The overwhelming hunger (ad-dahqūʿ): it is the severe [hunger] that incapacitates its owner.