جَاعَ

, (S, Msb, K,) aorist يَجُوعُ, (S,) verbal noun 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;) opposite of شَبِعَ. (S, K, TA.) [See also جُوعٌ below.]

[Hence,] جَاعَ إِلَيْهِ, (K,) or جَاعَ إِلَى لِقَايءِهِ, (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.)