اِقْتَضَىrequire in Arabic

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →