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عَطَش thirst in Arabic

عَطَش is how you say “thirst” 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.'

وَالْعَطَشُ and thirst

The connector 'and' joined to a definite noun, 'the thirst', paired with 'the hunger', both carrying 'the'. It adds the second thing left after the exception, parallel to the first.

From Empty Fasting, Empty Prayer

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