Arabic vocabulary
اِحْتَاجَneed
How to say “need” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَتَفْعَلُ مَا تَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الرَّوَثِ وَالْبَوْلِ أَيَّ وَقْتٍ اتَّفَقَ
And they perform what they need like defecation and urination at any time.
تَحْتَاجُ — they need. Present-tense verb, the subject ('it') built in, completing 'what it needs'. No separate subject word.
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