جائع

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Arabic

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Adjective

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جَائِع (jāʔiʕ) (feminine جَائِعَةٌ (jāʔiʕatun), masculine plural جَائِعُونَ (jāʔiʕūna) or جِيَاع (jiyāʕ), feminine plural جَائِعَات (jāʔiʕāt) or جَوَائِع (jawāʔiʕ))

  1. hungry
    • 9th century CE, “Book 6, Hadith 112”, in Muhammad al-Bukhari, compiler, Al-Adab al-Mufrad:
      لَيْسَ الْمُؤْمِنُ الَّذِي يَشْبَعُ وَجَارُهُ جَائِعٌ
      laysa l-muʔminu llaḏī yašbaʕu wajāruhu jāʔiʕun
      He is not a believer who eats his fill while his neighbor goes hungry.

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