noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
dying of thirst
Archaic noun and suru-verb for death from lack of water. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by expressions like 渇死する is historical.
古文書には、旅人が砂漠で渇死したと記されている。
An old document records that a traveler died of thirst in the desert.
Modern Japanese would normally use 脱水症状で死亡する or のどが渇いて死ぬ instead of this archaic compound.
Compound of 渇 (thirst) and 死 (death). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it is an archaic Sino-Japanese word.