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بَاغَتَ strike suddenly in Arabic

بَاغَتَ is how you say “strike suddenly” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

وَيَنْسَى أَنَّ الْمَوْتَ قَدْ يُبَاغِتُ

And he forgets that death may come suddenly.

يبغت may suddenly strike

A present-tense 'it' verb with its subject (death) understood from the clause, built on the pattern for 'taking by surprise'. Under the 'may' particle before it, it states the possible sudden onslaught, completing the truth the man keeps forgetting.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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فَإِنْ بَاغَتْهُ الْمَوْتُ، يُرَى مُسْتَعِدًّا،

If death suddenly overtakes him, he will be found ready.

بغته suddenly overtakes him

A past-tense verb with -hu ('him') attached as its object, so one word means 'overtakes him'; as the condition-verb after 'if', it states the supposed event. Its subject (death) is supplied by the next word in the usual verb-before-subject order.

From Preparing for Death and Repentance

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