Arabic vocabulary
تَعَيَّنَ is how you say “necessary” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَتَعَيَّنَ عَلَيْنَا الْفَحْصُ عَنِ الْكَبَائِرِ مَا هِيَ لِكَيْ يَجْتَنِبَهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ
Therefore, it is necessary for us to investigate which are the major sins so that Muslims can avoid them.
فَتَعَيَّنَ — so, it is necessary. A past-tense verb with its subject built in, conveying an impersonal 'it becomes incumbent'. The leading 'so' draws this duty as a consequence of the preceding point.
From: What Small Worship Erases →OpenArabic teaches words like تَعَيَّنَ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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