How to say "to need" in Arabic
New wordMeaningto need
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
اِحْتَاجَ
iḥtājaאחתאג'
احتاج
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
היה צריך
haya tsarikhهَايَا تْسَارِيخ
How the two words are related
New word
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Arabic root
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مِحْتَاج
miḥtāgמחתאגCairo says it as a participle: ana miḥtāg — I need.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
خصّ
khaṣṣח'ץDarija needs are khaṣṣ plus a pronoun: khaṣṣni — I need.
In a phrase
اِحْتَاجَ إِلَى مُسَاعَدَة
iḥtāja ilā musāʿadaאחתאג' אלא מסאעדהHe needed help