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التقع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of hunger, describing its intensity and the state of being hungry. It also extends to the idea of severe or extreme hunger.

Derived headwords

التَقَعُnoun
  1. 1.
    hungerboth

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

تَقَعٌadjective
  1. 1.
    severe hungerclassical

    Describing hunger that is intense and extreme.

Parallel reading

التقع، محركة: الجوع.
Al-taqa'u, with harakah: hunger.
وجوع تقع، ككتف: شديد.
And a hunger of taqa', like kutuf: severe.