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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
to lack, to be poor in

افتقر، يفتقر، افتقارا (إلى)‏

اِفْتَقَرَ، يَفْتَقِرُ، اِفْتِقاراً (إلى)‏

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Categories:
Knowledge: active
Frequency: 2
Part of speech: verb
Morphological category: verb
Morph. pattern: اِفْتَعَلَ
Form: VIII
Root: فقر
Subject: Education, Economy and finance, Society, Politics

Sample sentences:

يَفْتَقِرُ البَلَدُ إلى البُنْيَةِ التَّحْتيَّةِ.

يَفْتَقِرُ الشَّابُّ إلى المُؤَهِّلاتِ العِلْميَّةِ وَالمِهَنيَّةِ، فَكَيفَ سَيَجِدُ عَمَلاً؟