تفاجأ

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ف ج ء (f j ʔ)
5 terms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.faː.d͡ʒa.ʔa/

Verb

تَفَاجَأَ (tafājaʔa) VI (non-past يَتَفَاجَأُ (yatafājaʔu), verbal noun تَفَاجُؤ (tafājuʔ))

  1. to be overtaken, to be descended upon or confronted unexpectedly, to be ambushed
    • 2017 October 24, “بوابات الاحتلال في الولجة تمهد لعزل المواطنين عن اراضيهم”, in AlQuds.com, archived from the original on 24 October 2017:
      .لكن الحاج برغوث ابونضال (70 عاما) تفاجأ خلال قبل عدة ايام بقيام سلطات الاحتلال الاسرائيلية بوضع بوابة حديدة على مدخل النفق الذي يوصله الى مقبرة العائلة خلف الجدار العنصري
      But pilgrim Barġūṯ Abū Niḍāl has been surprised some days ago by the undertaking of the Israeli occupation force to place a new gate in front of the entrance of the tunnel that connects him with the cemetery of his family behind the apartheid wall.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Verb

تفاجأ (form III)

  1. تُفَاجَأُ (tufājaʔu) /tu.faː.d͡ʒa.ʔu/: inflection of فَاجَأَ (fājaʔa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  2. تُفَاجَأَ (tufājaʔa) /tu.faː.d͡ʒa.ʔa/: inflection of فَاجَأَ (fājaʔa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  3. تُفَاجَأْ (tufājaʔ) /tu.faː.d͡ʒaʔ/: inflection of فَاجَأَ (fājaʔa):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ف ج ء
3 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic تَفَاجَأَ (tafājaʔa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tfaː.ʒaʔ/, ,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

تفاجأ (tfājaʔ) VI (present بتفاجأ (bitfājaʔ))

  1. passive of فاجأ (fājaʔ): to be surprised

Conjugation

    Conjugation of تفاجأ (tfājaʔ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m تفاجأت (tfājaʔt) تفاجأت (tfājaʔt) تفاجأ (tfājaʔ) تفاجأنا (tfājaʔna) تفاجأتو (tfājaʔtu) تفاجأو (tfājaʔu)
f تفاجأتي (tfājaʔti) تفاجأت (tfājaʔat)
present m بتفاجأ (batfājaʔ) بتتفاجأ (btitfājaʔ) بتفاجأ (bitfājaʔ) منتفاجأ (mnitfājaʔ) بتتفاجأو (btitfājaʔu) بتفاجأو (bitfājaʔu)
f بتتفاجئي (btitfājaʔi) بتتفاجأ (btitfājaʔ)
subjunctive m اتفاجأ (atfājaʔ) تتفاجأ (titfājaʔ) يتفاجأ (yitfājaʔ) نتفاجأ (nitfājaʔ) تتفاجأو (titfājaʔu) يتفاجأو (yitfājaʔu)
f تتفاجئي (titfājaʔi) تتفاجأ (titfājaʔ)
imperative m تفاجأ (tfājaʔ) تفاجأو (tfājaʔu)
f تفاجئي (tfājaʔi)