مَخْمَصَةٌhunger

Example sentences

• حَتَّى أَصَابَتْنَا مَخْمَصَةٌ شَدِيدَةٌ،

  Until severe hunger struck us,

  مَخْمَصَةٌ — hunger. This noun is the doer of the striking, named after its own verb; its -un ending marks it as the indefinite subject, an unspecified, newly introduced hardship. The nominative ending identifies the actor regardless of its late position.

  From: The Martyr's Reward →