Arabic vocabulary
تَحْتَاجُneed in Arabic
تَحْتَاجُ is how you say “need” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وَلَا تَحْتَاجُ إِلَى فِكْرٍ، وَحُضُورُ قَلْبٍ،
And they do not need thought, and presence of heart,
تَحْتَاجُ — need. A present-tense verb under the preceding negation. Its built-in subject is impersonal third-person, agreeing back with 'these things', so the sense is 'they do not need'. The verb is the one the 'not' cancels.
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