English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "behoeftig" is iemand wat 'n groot behoefte het, veral aan kos, skuiling of ander basiese benodigdhede. Dit kan ook verwys na iemand wat 'n gebrek aan emosionele of materiƫle ondersteuning het, en wat bystand of hulp van ander benodig om in hul behoeftes te voorsien. Oor die algemeen word "behoeftig" gebruik om iemand te beskryf wat van ander afhanklik is vir ondersteuning, hetsy finansieel of emosioneel.

Sentence Examples

  1. A group of needy women from the local area had been found to do the farming, but the interest of the local politician was primarily that the women make sufficient money from the project, not necessarily that it be a good test as to whether it would be a viable crop.
  2. He must know mathematics, for at every turn some occasion for them will present itself to him and, putting it aside that he must be adorned with all the virtues, cardinal and theological, to come down to minor particulars, he must, I say, be able to swim as well as Nicholas or Nicolao the Fish could, as the story goes he must know how to shoe a horse, and repair his saddle and bridle and, to return to higher matters, he must be faithful to God and to his lady he must be pure in thought, decorous in words, generous in works, valiant in deeds, patient in suffering, compassionate towards the needy, and, lastly, an upholder of the truth though its defence should cost him his life.
  3. There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve.
  4. She slid down the wall, avoiding his needy, slobbering lips, and fell hard on her bum.
  5. His voice had made her kneel and her core grow hot and needy.
  6. In defence of these, as time advanced and wickedness increased, the order of knights-errant was instituted, to defend maidens, to protect widows and to succour the orphans and the needy.
  7. Her commissary provides food, clothing, and rent money for the needy, regardless of race or religion.
  8. He felt a jealousy for the sick stranger and the needy cows, as they took his parents away.