Arabic vocabulary

جُوعhunger in Arabic

جُوع is how you say “hunger” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.

Example sentences

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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