جُوعٌ
Root: جوع
Full Definition
جُوعٌ
, a subst., signifying Hunger; or emptiness of the belly; contr. of
شِبَعٌ; as also
مَجَاعَةٌ , [properly an Verbal.Noun,] and
مَجْوَعَةٌ , and
. You say, جُوعًا لَهُ وَنُوعًا [May God decree hunger to him]: accord. to Sb, an instance of inf. ns. in the accus. case by reason of a verb understood: it is a form of imprecation: and the latter noun may not be put before the former, because it is a corroborative to it: or, accord. to some, نُوعٌ means “ thirst. ” (S, &c., in art. نوع.) And
عَامُ and
and
A year in which is hunger, or emptiness of the belly: and
عَامُ and
[the year of hunger, &c.]: pl. مَجَائِعُ and مَجَاوِهُ: as in the phrases أَصَابَتْهُمُ المَجَاوِعُ [Cases of hunger, &c., befell them] and وَقَعُوافِى
المَجَاوِعِ [They fell into cases of hunger, &c.]. And
الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ , meaning The sucking which occasions interdiction [of marriage with the woman whose milk is sucked and certain of her relations] is that consequent upon hunger which is stopped by the milk in the time of infancy of the child; not when the child's hunger is only to be stopped by solid food. [See also 1 in art. رضع.] And it is said in a prov., سَمَنُ
كَلْبٍ بِجُوعِ أَهْلِهِ, i. e. [The dog's becoming fat is] by reason of [the hunger of his owners occasioned by] murrain befalling the camels; his owners falling into hunger and distress and leanness: or كلب was the name of a certain man, who was an object of fear, wherefore he was asked for a pledge, and he pledged his family: then obtaining possession of the camels, or cattle, of the people to whom he had pledged his family, he drove them away, and left his family: some relate this prov. differently, saying [سَمِنَ كَلْبٌ “ a dog, ” or “ Kelb, ” “ became fat, ” and] بِبُؤْسِ أَهْلِهِ [“ by reason of the distress of his owners, ” or “ his family ”]. [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 615.]
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