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must needs

10 occurrences across 8 Arabic/Persian roots

ب- ي- د
(b-y-d) — must; must, should; awake

“must needs” accounts for 2 of 24 occurrences of this root (8%)

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ب- د- د
(b-d-d) — bad; necessarily; necessary

“must needs” accounts for 2 of 7 occurrences of this root (29%)

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evil 43% must needs 29% worse 14% must come 14%

ن- ب- غ
(n-b-gh) — befit; befits; is fitting

“must needs” accounts for 1 of 35 occurrences of this root (3%)

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ل- ز- م
(l-z-m) — necessary; necessary, incumbent; necessary/binding

“must needs” accounts for 1 of 27 occurrences of this root (4%)

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ب- د
(b-d) — bad; be/was; is

“must needs” accounts for 1 of 5 occurrences of this root (20%)

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ب- ا- د
(b-ʾ-d) — wind; winds; must

“must needs” accounts for 1 of 8 occurrences of this root (13%)

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winds 13% should 13% must needs 13% must be 13% intoxicated 13% breeze 13% blasts 13% be 13%

ب- ا- ی
(b-ʾ-y) — must; with; must, should

“must needs” accounts for 1 of 9 occurrences of this root (11%)

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ب- ا- ي
(b-ʾ-y) — must; should; must, ought

“must needs” accounts for 1 of 7 occurrences of this root (14%)

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See Also

Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: