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جُوع hunger in Arabic

جُوع is how you say “hunger” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

رُبَّ صَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ صَوْمِهِ إِلَّا الْجُوعُ وَالْعَطَشُ، وَرُبَّ قَائِمٍ لَيْسَ لَهُ مِنْ قِيَامِهِ إِلَّا السَّهَرُ

'Perhaps a fasting person gains nothing from his fast except hunger and thirst, and perhaps one who prays gains nothing from his prayer except sleeplessness.'

الْجُوعُ hunger

A definite noun, 'the hunger', the one thing exempted from the denial, carrying the attached 'the'. Standing after 'except' it names what is in fact left of the fast.

From Empty Fasting, Empty Prayer

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