يُفَاجِئْhe surprises in Arabic

Example sentences

• فَلَمْ يُفَاجِئْ الْقَوْمَ لَيْلَةً بَعْدَمَا هَدَأَتْ الْعُيُونُ

  So the people were not surprised that night, after the springs had settled.

  يُفَاجِئُ — he surprises. Present-shaped verb of taking-by-surprise, 'he/it' inside, pulled into its clipped jussive ending by the 'did not' before it. The pairing denies that the people were caught off guard.

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