فاجأ

Arabic

Root
ف ج ء (f-j-ʔ)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faː.d͡ʒa.ʔa/
  • (file)

Verb

فَاجَأَ • (fājaʔa) III, non-past يُفَاجِئُ‎ (yufājiʔu)

  1. to overtake, to descend upon or confront unexpectedly, to ambush; to surprise

Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “فجء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ف ج ء
1 term

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَاجَأَ (fājaʔa). Doublet of فاجى (fāja)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faː.ʒaʔ/

Verb

فاجأ • (fājaʔ) III (non-past يفاجئ (yfājaʔ), verbal noun مفاجأة (mufājaʔa), active participle مفاجي (mfājaʔ), passive participle متفاجئ (mitfājaʔ))

  1. (transitive) to surprise

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ج ء
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَاجَأَ (fājaʔa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faː.ʒaʔ/, [ˈfæː.ʒaʔ], [ˈfæː.d͡ʒaʔ]
  • (file)

Verb

فاجأ • (fājaʔ) III (present بفاجئ (bifājeʔ))

  1. to surprise
    Synonyms: لخم (laḵam), نقّز (naʔʔaz)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of فاجأ (fājaʔ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m فاجأت (fājaʔt) فاجأت (fājaʔt) فاجأ (fājaʔ) فاجأنا (fājaʔna) فاجأتو (fājaʔtu) فاجأو (fājaʔu)
f فاجأتي (fājaʔti) فاجأت (fājaʔat)
present m بفاجئ (bafājeʔ) بتفاجئ (bitfājeʔ) بفاجئ (bifājeʔ) منفاجئ (minfājeʔ) بتفاجئو (bitfājʔu) بفاجئو (bifājʔu)
f بتفاجئي (bitfājʔi) بتفاجئ (bitfājeʔ)
subjunctive m افاجئ (afājeʔ) تفاجئ (tfājeʔ) يفاجئ (yfājeʔ) نفاجئ (nfājeʔ) تفاجئو (tfājʔu) يفاجئو (yfājʔu)
f تفاجئي (tfājʔi) تفاجئ (tfājeʔ)
imperative m فاجئ (fājeʔ) فاجئو (fājʔu)
f فاجئي (fājʔi)
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