Quranic root
سغب
s · gh · b
A root centered on hunger, especially hunger associated with fatigue.
The core sense is hunger; lexicographic evidence also reports an occasional or unused extension to thirst.
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
مَسْغَبَة
masghabah
- Part of speech
- Noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
Hunger, especially hunger accompanied by fatigue; a state of severe hunger or famine.
In the Quranic construction فِي يَوْمٍ ذِي مَسْغَبَةٍ, it describes a day characterized by hunger, with the fuller lexical nuance of hunger combined with fatigue.
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Selected Quran examples
Quran 90:14word 6
“severe hunger”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 90:14مَسْغَبَةٍۢsevere hunger
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 3 Classical meanings
أَسْغَبَ
To enter upon a state of hunger.
A Form IV verbal usage describing the onset of hunger.
- Lane · entry 41262
سَغَبٌ
Thirst, reportedly also understood as thirst accompanied by fatigue.
A rare or unused lexicographic usage, distinct from the established Quranic sense of hunger.
- Lane · entry 41263
- Lane · entry 41267
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مُسَغَّبٌ
Allowed or permitted something to someone.
Used in the construction مُسَغَّبٌ لَهُ كَذَا, ‘such a thing is allowed or permitted to him.’
- Lane · entry 41269
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The single supplied Quran occurrence establishes the hunger sense of مَسْغَبَة; the reported thirst usage is not established for that Quranic occurrence.