Arabic vocabulary
يُفَاجِئْhe surprises
How to say “he surprises” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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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