Arabic vocabulary
ضَرُورِيّةٌ is how you say “necessity” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
وحفظُها يكون على ثلاث درجات الضَّرورياتِ التي لا يقومُ العيشُ بدونها،
Preservation occurs on three levels: necessities that life cannot go on without,
الضَّرورِيّاتِ — necessities. An abstract plural with the '-iyyat' ending — 'the necessities,' the bare essentials. Standing in apposition to 'three levels' as the first grade. The relative clause next defines them: what life cannot stand without.
From: Five Objectives of Islamic Law →OpenArabic teaches words like ضَرُورِيّةٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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