Example
الحاجة أم الاختراع.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Words from the same root
ح و جArabic words grow from roots. These words share the root of حَاجَة, so their meanings are related: learn them together.
All words from the root ح و جMore words from الدرس التاسع : الجزء الأول : قضية الفصحى والعامية تذكروا وتعلموا
- حَاضِر the present
- حَال state, situation, case
- حَدّ limit, border, extent
- خَاصّ special characteristics, features
- خَاطَبَ، يُخَاطِبُ، المُخَاطَبَة to speak to, address
- خَالَفَ، يُخَالِفُ، المُخَالَفَة to violate (law), go against
- خِطَاب speech, address; discourse
- دَارِجَة colloquial, popular (language)