احتاج

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See also: أحتاج

Arabic

Root
ح و ج (ḥ-w-j)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iħ.taː.d͡ʒa/
  • (file)

Verb

اِحْتَاجَ (iḥtāja) VIII, non-past يَحْتَاجُ‎ (yaḥtāju)

  1. to need (with لِ (li) or إِلَى (ʔilā), or transitive)
    أَحْتَاجُ إِلَى شَنْطَةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ.
    ʔaḥtāju ʔilā šanṭatin kabīratin.
    I need a large suitcase.
    • Al-Mutanabbi
      وَلَيْسَ يَصِحُّ فِي الْأَذْهَانِ شَيْءٌ / إِذَا ٱحْتَاجَ النَّهَارُ إِلَى دَلِيلِ
      walaysa yaṣiḥḥu fī l-ʔaḏhāni šayʔun / ʔiḏā ḥtāja an-nahāru ʔilā dalīli
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Swahili: hitaji

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ح و ج
1 term

Verb

احتاج (iḥtāg) VIII (non-past يحتاج (yiḥtāg))

  1. to be in need (of)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح و ج
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتَاجَ (iḥtāja).

Pronunciation

Verb

احتاج (iḥtāj) VIII (present بحتاج (biḥtāj), active participle محتاج (miḥtāj))

  1. to need, to require
    Synonym: عاز (ʕāz)
    أخيرًا أخدنا الإجازة اللي كننا كتير محتاجينها الصيف الماضي
    ʔaḵīran ʔaḵadna il-ʔijāze lli kunna ktīr miḥtājīin-ha iṣ-ṣēf il-māḍi
    We finally took the vacation we were really needing last summer.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of احتاج (iḥtāj)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m احتجت (iḥtajt) احتجت (iḥtajt) احتاج (iḥtāj) احتجنا (iḥtajna) احتجتو (iḥtajtu) احتاجو (iḥtāju)
f احتجتي (iḥtajti) احتاجت (iḥtājat)
present m بحتاج (baḥtāj) بتحتاج (btiḥtāj) بحتاج (biḥtāj) منحتاج (mniḥtāj) بتحتاجو (btiḥtāju) بحتاجو (biḥtāju)
f بتحتاجي (btiḥtāji) بتحتاج (btiḥtāj)
subjunctive m أحتاج (ʔaḥtāj) تحتاج (tiḥtāj) يحتاج (yiḥtāj) نحتاج (niḥtāj) تحتاجو (tiḥtāju) يحتاجو (yiḥtāju)
f تحتاجي (tiḥtāji) تحتاج (tiḥtāj)
imperative m احتاج (iḥtāj) احتاجو (iḥtāju)
f احتاجي (iḥtāji)