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ضَرُورَة
necessity /dˤaˈruːra/
nounB1#2822 most common
Also: need, exigency, requirement
Example sentences
هذا الماء ضَرُورَة للحياة.
This water is a necessity for life.
ليس هناك ضَرُورَة للعَجَلَة.
There is no need to hurry.
في حالات الضَّرُورَة، يمكنك الاتصال بي في أي وقت.
In cases of necessity, you can call me anytime.
أدركتُ ضَرُورَة تعلّم لغة جديدة لتطوير مسيرتي المهنية.
I realized the necessity of learning a new language to advance my career.
تكمن ضَرُورَة الإصلاح الاقتصادي في تفاقم الأزمة المالية.
The necessity of economic reform lies in the worsening financial crisis.
شدّد الخبراء على ضَرُورَة إعادة النظر في السياسات البيئية قبل فوات الأوان.
Experts stressed the necessity of reconsidering environmental policies before it is too late.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَرُورَةٌ | ضَرُورَاتٌ |
| Genitive | ضَرُورَةٍ | ضَرُورَاتٍ |
| Accusative | ضَرُورَةً | ضَرُورَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا ضَرُورَةُ | يا ضَرُورَاتُ |
Word family
ضروري (ḍarūrī)necessary
اضطرار (iḍṭirār)compulsion, being forced to act
اضطرّ (iḍṭarra)to be compelled, forced
ضرر (ḍarar)harm, damage
مضطر (muḍṭarr)compelled, forced (to do something)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ḍ-r-r, which carries the core sense of harm, hardship, or being pressed into a tight spot. From that sense Arabic built a family of words about compulsion: a necessity is, at root, something that presses on you the way hardship does. This root is native Semitic vocabulary, not a borrowing from Greek or Persian.
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