جَوْع
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Highlights
Feminine
جَائِعَة
Masculine plural
جَائِعُون، جِيَاع
Feminine plural
جَائِعَات، جَوَائِع
Most common words from the same root
جَائِع in English
Adjective
- hungry
لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَشْبَعُ وَجَارُهُ جَائِعٌHe is not a believer who eats his fill while his neighbor goes hungry.9th century CE, “Book 6, Hadith 112”, in Muhammad al-Bukhari, compiler, Al-Adab al-Mufrad
Word origin
Derived from the active participle of جَاعَ (jāʕa, “to become hungry”).
Words from the root ج-و-ع
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
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
جَائِع: plural and other forms
| Singular | جَائِع |
|---|---|
| Feminine | جَائِعَة |
| Masculine plural | جَائِعُون، جِيَاع |
| Feminine plural | جَائِعَات، جَوَائِع |
جَائِع in a sentence
Dictionary examples
hungry
لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَشْبَعُ وَجَارُهُ جَائِعٌHe is not a believer who eats his fill while his neighbor goes hungry.9th century CE, “Book 6, Hadith 112”, in Muhammad al-Bukhari, compiler, Al-Adab al-Mufrad
From a fully vowelled text
وَيُسْكِنُ هُنَاكَ الْجِيَاعَ فَيُهَيِّئُونَ مَدِينَةَ سَكَنٍ.And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;Psalms 107:36, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَشْبَعَ الْجِيَاعَ خَيْرَاتٍ وَصَرَفَ الأَغْنِيَاءَ فَارِغِينَ.He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.Luke 1:53, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
طُوبَى لِلْجِيَاعِ وَالْعِطَاشِ إِلَى الْبِرِّ، لأَنَّهُمْ يُشْبَعُونَ.Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.Matthew 5:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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