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اِقْتَضَى require in Arabic

اِقْتَضَى is how you say “require” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

غَيْرَ أَنَّ الْعَادَةَ تَقْتَضِيهِ ذَلِكَ

However, habit necessitates that.

تَقْتَضِيهِ it necessitates it

Present-tense verb with 'it' (habit) built in and 'it' clipped on as object — 'habit demands it'. The suffix points back to the behavior at issue.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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More example sentences

فَيُلْقِي نَفْسَهُ فِي الْمَهَالِكِ لِنَيْلِ مَا يَقْتَضِيهِ تَعَوُّدُهُ

So he throws himself into danger to obtain what his habit demands.

يَقْتَضِيهِ his habit demands it

Present-tense verb with the doer built in and 'it' clipped on as object looping back to 'what'; the real subject is named in the next word.

From The Discipline of Foresight

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