be hungry, starve

, (S, Msb, K,) aor. يَجُوعُ, (S,) inf. n. جَوْعٌ, (Msb, K,) or جُوعٌ, (S, so in two copies,) or this is a simple subst., (Msb, TA,) and مَجَاعَةٌ, (S, K,) He was, or became, hungry; or empty in the belly; (TA;) contr. of شَبِعَ. (S, K, TA.) [See also جُوعٌ below.] ― -b2- [Hence,] جَاعَ إِلَيْهِ, (K,) or جَاعَ إِلَى لِقَايأِهِ, (M, TA,) (tropical:) He desired, (M, K, *) and longed, (K,) [as though hungering,] to meet with him; like عَطِشَ. (M, K. *) And جَاعَ إِلَى مَالِهِ (tropical:) He longed for his property. (AZ.)

see 4, in two places.

, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِجَاعَةٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ جوّعهُ, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَجْوِيعٌ; (Msb;) He constrained him to be hungry, or empty in the belly: (S, * K, TA:) or he debarred him from food and drink. (Msb.) It is said in a prov., أَجِعْ كَلْبَكَ يَتْبَعْكَ [Make thy dog to be hungry and he will follow thee]; (S, K;) meaning (assumed tropical:) constrain thou the ignoble to have recourse to thee, by want, in order that he may continue by thee; (K, * TA;) for if he be in no need of thee, he will leave thee: and for أَجِعْ, some say ↓ جَوِّعْ. (TA.)

He made himself hungry, or empty in the belly, intentionally, or purposely. (S, K.) You say, تَوَحَّشْ لِلدَّوَآءِ and تَجَوَّعْ لِلدَّوَآءِ, [Make thyself hungry, or make thy stomach empty of food and beverage, (see art. وحش,) or] abstain thou from eating the full quantity of food, for the purpose of taking medicine. (TA.)

He showed hunger. (KL, PS.) ― -b2- [Hence,] اِسْتِجَاعَةُ العِلْمِ (assumed tropical:) The being insatiable of knowledge. (TA.)

, a subst., (Msb, TA,) signifying Hunger; or emptiness of the belly; (TA;) contr. of شِبَعٌ; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ مَجَاعَةٌ, [properly an inf. n.,] and ↓ مَجْوَعَةٌ, (K, TA,) and ↓ مَجُوعَةٌ. (TA.) You say, جُوعًا لَهُ وَنُوعًا [May God decree hunger to him]: accord. to Sb, an instance of inf. ns. in the accus. case by reason of a verb understood: it is a form of imprecation: and the latter noun may not be put before the former, because it is a corroborative to it: (TA:) or, accord. to some, نُوعٌ means “ thirst. ” (S, &c., in art. نوع.) And ↓ عَامُ مَجَاعَةٍ and ↓ مَجْوَعَةٍ (S, K) and ↓ مَجُوعَةٍ (TA) A year in which is hunger, or emptiness of the belly: (K, TA:) and ↓ عَامُ المَجَاعَةِ and ↓ المَجُوعَةِ [the year of hunger, &c.]: (Msb:) pl. مَجَايأِعُ (K) and مَجَاوِهُ: as in the phrases أَصَابَتْهُمُ المَجَاوِعُ [Cases of hunger, &c., befell them] and وَقَعُوافِى المَجَاوِعِ [They fell into cases of hunger, &c.]. (TA.) And ↓ الرَّضَاعَةُ مِنَ المَجَاعَةِ, meaning The sucking which occasions interdiction [of marriage with the woman whose milk is sucked and certain of her relations] is that consequent upon hunger which is stopped by the milk in the time of infancy of the child; not when the child's hunger is only to be stopped by solid food. (Mgh.) [See also 1 in art. رضع.] And it is said in a prov., سَمَنُ كَلْبٍ بِجُوعِ أَهْلِهِ, i. e. [The dog's becoming fat is] by reason of [the hunger of his owners occasioned by] murrain befalling the camels; (K, * TA;) his owners falling into hunger and distress and leanness: (TA:) or كلب was the name of a certain man, who was an object of fear, wherefore he was asked for a pledge, and he pledged his family: then obtaining possession of the camels, or cattle, of the people to whom he had pledged his family, he drove them away, and left his family: (K, TA:) some relate this prov. differently, saying [سَمِنَ كَلْبٌ “ a dog, ” or “ Kelb, ” “ became fat, ” and] بِبُوأْسِ أَهْلِهِ [“ by reason of the distress of his owners, ” or “ his family ”]. (TA.) [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 615.]

A single temporary affection of hunger. (S, TA.) A state of destitution and hunger of a tribe. (TA.)

: see the next paragraph.

and ↓ جَوْعَانُ, (Msb, K, TA,) but not جَيْعَانُ, [as the vulgar say,] for this a mistake, (TA,) Hungry; or empty in the belly: (K, * TA:) or debarred from food and drink: (Msb:) the fem. [of the former] is جَايأِعَةٌ and [of the latter] جَوْعَى: (Msb, K:) and the pl. [of the former] is جُوَّعٌ (S, Msb, K) and جُيَّعٌ, with the و changed into ى, (L,) and [of the latter, or perhaps of both,] جِيَاعٌ (S, K) and جَاعَةٌ (K * in art. سوع) and جَيَاعَى [with the و changed into ى contr. to rule, if this be not a mistake for جِيَاعٌ, in which the و is changed into ى by rule]. (Msb.) You say جَايأِعٌ نَايأِعٌ; the latter word being an imitative sequent; (TA;) or, accord. to some, signifying “ thirsty. ” (S, &c., in art. نوع.) ― -b2- رَجُلٌ جَايأِعُ القِدْرِ (tropical:) A man whose cookingpot is not full. (TA.) ― -b3- اِمْرَأَةٌ جَايأِعَةُ الوِشَاحِ (tropical:) A woman slender in the [waist, or] belly. (K, * TA.) [See art. وشح.]

[The space in which one becomes hungry]. You say, هُوَ مِنِّى عَلَى قَدْرِ مَجَاعِ الشَّبْعَانِ, i. e., عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا يَجُوعُ الشَّبْعَانُ [He, or it, is distant from me as far as the space in which he who is satiated with food becomes hungry]: (O, K: *) and in like manner, عَلَى قَدْرِ مَعْطَشِ الرَّيَّانِ [as far as the space in which he who is satisfied with drink becomes thirsty]. (Z, TA.)

: see جُوعٌ, in four places.

and مَجُوعَةٌ: see جُوعٌ, in five places.