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جوع

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the sensation of hunger, its intensity, and related states of being. It describes the feeling of needing food and the condition of being starved or famished.

Derived headwords

جَوِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be hungryboth

    To experience the physical sensation of needing food.

جُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    hungerboth

    The state or feeling of needing food; the sensation of emptiness in the stomach.

  2. 2.
    starvationboth

    A severe lack of food, leading to extreme hunger and potential harm.

جَائِعadjective
  1. 1.
    hungryboth

    Feeling or showing the need for food.

  2. 2.
    starvingboth

    Suffering from extreme hunger.

جُوَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    intense hungerclassical

    A very strong or extreme feeling of hunger.

جُيُوعnoun
  1. 1.
    hunger (plural)classical

    Multiple instances or states of hunger.

أَجْوَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    hungry peopleclassical

    A collective term for people who are hungry.

جَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to starve (someone)both

    To cause someone to suffer from a lack of food.

تَجَوَّعَverb
  1. 1.
    to starve oneselfclassical

    To intentionally refrain from eating, causing oneself to become hungry or weak.

جُوَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    extreme hungerclassical

    A state of intense and overwhelming hunger.

جُيَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    hungry peopleboth

    A collective noun referring to people who are hungry.

Parallel reading

جوع هلقت، كجردحل: شديد.
Hunger is intense, like a severe condition.
جوع
hunger
جائع
hungry
جوع شديد
intense hunger
جوع
starvation
جوع
to be hungry
جوع
to starve (someone)
جوع
to starve oneself
جوع
hungry people