تفاجأ

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ف ج ء (f-j-ʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.faː.d͡ʒa.ʔa/

Verb

تَفَاجَأَ (tafājaʾa) VI, non-past يَتَفَاجَأُ‎ (yatafājaʾu)

  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:
      .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

تُفَاجَأُ (tufājaʾu) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative of فَاجَأَ (fājaʾa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative of فَاجَأَ (fājaʾa)

Verb

تُفَاجَأَ (tufājaʾa) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive of فَاجَأَ (fājaʾa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive of فَاجَأَ (fājaʾa)

Verb

تُفَاجَأْ (tufājaʾ) (form III)

  1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive of فَاجَأَ (fājaʾa)
  2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive of فَاجَأَ (fājaʾa)
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