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(ن) خَمَصَ يَخْمُصُ خَمْصًاkhamaṣa yakhmuṣu khamṣan: (of the belly) to shrink from severe hunger, to cling to the back.
مَخْمَصَةٌmakhmaṣah (noun of time or place, ẓarf): a time of severe hunger, famine. ﴿فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ فِيْ مَخْمَصَةٍ غَيْرَ مُتَجَانِفٍ لِّاِثْمٍ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:3); ﴿وَلَا نَصَبٌ وَّلَا مَخْمَصَةٌ فِيْ سَبِيْلِ اللّٰهِ﴾ (At-Tawbah 9:120)