جُوع

juwEN jwE , a subst., (Msb, TA,) signifying Hunger; or emptiness of the belly; (TA;) contr. of $ibaEN ; (S, K, TA;) as also ↓ majaAEapN , [properly an inf. n.,] and ↓ majowaEapN , (K, TA,) and ↓ majuwEapN . (TA.) You say, juwEFA lahu wanuwEFA [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, nuwEN means “ thirst. ” (S, &c., in art. nwE .) And ↓ EaAmu majaAEapK and ↓ majowaEapK (S, K) and ↓ majuwEapK (TA) A year in which is hunger, or emptiness of the belly: (K, TA:) and ↓ EaAmu AlmajaAEapi and ↓ AlmajuwEapi [ the year of hunger, &c.]: (Msb:) pl. majaAy^iEu (K) and majaAwihu : as in the phrases A^aSaAbatohumu AlmajaAwiEu [ Cases of hunger, &c., befell them ] and waqaEuwAfiY AlmajaAwiEi [ They fell into cases of hunger, &c.]. (TA.) And ↓ Alr~aDaAEapu mina AlmajaAEapi , 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. rDE .] And it is said in a prov., samanu kalobK bijuwEi A^aholihi , 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 klb 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 [ samina kalobN “ a dog, ” or “ Kelb, ” “ became fat, ” and] bibuw^osi A^aholihi [“ by reason of the distress of his owners, ” or “ his family ”]. (TA.) [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 615.]