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ضَرُورِيّ
necessary /dˤaruːˈrijj/
adjectiveA2#1170 most common
Also: essential, indispensable, vital
Example sentences
هَذَا ضَرُورِيّ.
This is necessary.
الْمَاءُ ضَرُورِيّ لِلْحَيَاةِ.
Water is necessary for life.
الرِّيَاضَةُ ضَرُورِيّةٌ لِكُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ.
Exercise is necessary for every person.
مِنَ الضَّرُورِيّ أَنْ نَحْجِزَ التَّذَاكِرَ مُبَكِّراً.
It is necessary that we book the tickets early.
لَيْسَ مِنَ الضَّرُورِيّ أَنْ يُوافِقَ الْجَمِيعُ عَلَى هَذَا الرَّأْيِ.
It is not necessary that everyone agree with this opinion.
تُشَكِّلُ الْحُرِّيَّاتُ الْأَساسِيَّةُ شَرْطاً ضَرُورِيّاً لِأَيِّ نِظامٍ دِيمُقْراطِيٍّ حَقِيقِيّ.
Basic freedoms form a necessary condition for any genuine democratic system.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ضَرُورِيٌّ | ضَرُورِيُّونَ |
| Genitive | ضَرُورِيٍّ | ضَرُورِيِّينَ |
| Accusative | ضَرُورِيّاً | ضَرُورِيِّينَ |
| Vocative | يَا ضَرُورِيُّ | يَا ضَرُورِيُّونَ |
Word family
ضَرُورَة (ḍarūra)necessity
ضَرَر (ḍarar)harm, damage
اِضْطِرَار (iḍṭirār)compulsion, necessity
مُضْطَرّ (muḍṭarr)compelled, forced
ضَرَّ (ḍarra)to harm
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root ḍ-r-r, which carries the senses of harm, compulsion, and need. The noun ضَرُورَة (ḍarūra) means necessity. Adding the relational ending ـِيّ turns it into an adjective for something that pertains to necessity, hence necessary. The link between harm and need is old: a thing is necessary when going without it does harm.
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