Arabic vocabulary
تَحْتَاجُneed
How to say “need” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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