جَوْع
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جَاعَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to be hungry, to starve
إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰIndeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:118
Word origin
Cognate with Hebrew גווע (gavá', “to pass away, perish”).
Words from the root ج-و-ع
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جَاعَ
· present يَجُوعُ
Form I · The plain action
to be hungry, to starve
جَوَّعَ
· present يُجَوِّعُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to starve
تَجْوِيع
starvation
مُجَوِّع
مُجَوَّع
hunger
مَجَاعَة
famine
جَاعَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | جُعْتُ | أَجُوعُ | أَجُوعَ | أَجُعْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | جُعْتَ | تَجُوعُ | تَجُوعَ | تَجُعْ | جُعْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | جُعْتِ | تَجُوعِينَ | تَجُوعِي | تَجُوعِي | جُوعِي |
| هُوَ he | جَاعَ | يَجُوعُ | يَجُوعَ | يَجُعْ | — |
| هِيَ she | جَاعَتْ | تَجُوعُ | تَجُوعَ | تَجُعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | جُعْتُمَا | تَجُوعَانِ | تَجُوعَا | تَجُوعَا | جُوعَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | جَاعَا | يَجُوعَانِ | يَجُوعَا | يَجُوعَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | جَاعَتَا | تَجُوعَانِ | تَجُوعَا | تَجُوعَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | جُعْنَا | نَجُوعُ | نَجُوعَ | نَجُعْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | جُعْتُمْ | تَجُوعُونَ | تَجُوعُوا | تَجُوعُوا | جُوعُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | جُعْتُنَّ | تَجُعْنَ | تَجُعْنَ | تَجُعْنَ | جُعْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | جَاعُوا | يَجُوعُونَ | يَجُوعُوا | يَجُوعُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | جُعْنَ | يَجُعْنَ | يَجُعْنَ | يَجُعْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | جَوْع |
|---|---|
| Active participle | جَائِع، جَوْعَان |
جَاعَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to be hungry
إِنَّ لَكَ أَلَّا تَجُوعَ فِيهَا وَلَا تَعْرَىٰIndeed, it is [promised] for you not to be hungry therein or be unclothed.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:118
From a fully vowelled text
وَفِي الْغَدِ لَمَّا خَرَجُوا مِنْ بَيْتِ عَنْيَا جَاعَ،And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:Mark 11:12, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَفِي الصُّبْحِ إِذْ كَانَ رَاجِعًا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ جَاعَ،Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.Matthew 21:18, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لأَنِّي جُعْتُ فَلَمْ تُطْعِمُونِي. عَطِشْتُ فَلَمْ تَسْقُونِي.For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:Matthew 25:42, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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