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فَجَّر
to blow up / detonate (something) /fadʒˈdʒara/
verbB2#4067 most common
Also: to set off (an explosion), to cause to burst forth / gush out, to spring (a surprise)
Example sentences
فَجَّرَ الجُنودُ القُنبُلَةَ.
The soldiers detonated the bomb.
فَجَّرَتِ الشُّرطَةُ السَّيَّارَةَ المُفَخَّخَةَ بَعدَ إخلاءِ الشّارِعِ.
The police blew up the car bomb after clearing the street.
يُفَجِّرُ العُمّالُ الصُّخورَ الكَبيرَةَ لِبِناءِ الطَّريقِ الجَديدِ.
The workers blast the large rocks to build the new road.
فَجَّرَ اللّاعِبُ مُفاجَأَةً كَبيرَةً بِفَوزِهِ عَلَى البَطَلِ العالَمِيِّ.
The player caused a big upset by beating the world champion.
فَجَّرَتِ الوَثائقُ المُسَرَّبَةُ فَضيحَةً سِياسِيَّةً هَزَّتِ الحُكومَةَ.
The leaked documents set off a political scandal that shook the government.
فَجَّرَ اللهُ يَنابيعَ الأرضِ حَتّى غَمَرَتِ المِياهُ كُلَّ شَيءٍ.
God caused the springs of the earth to burst forth until the water engulfed everything.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُفَجِّرُ | فَجَّرْتُ | سَأُفَجِّرُ |
| 2sg | تُفَجِّرُ | فَجَّرْتَ | سَتُفَجِّرُ |
| 3sg | يُفَجِّرُ | فَجَّرَ | سَيُفَجِّرُ |
| 1pl | نُفَجِّرُ | فَجَّرْنا | سَنُفَجِّرُ |
| 2pl | تُفَجِّرونَ | فَجَّرْتُم | سَتُفَجِّرونَ |
| 3pl | يُفَجِّرونَ | فَجَّروا | سَيُفَجِّرونَ |
Word family
فجر (fajara)to burst open, split (basic Form I)
فجر (fajr)dawn, daybreak
تفجير (tafjīr)bombing, detonation
مُفَجِّر (mufajjir)bomber, one who detonates
انفجار (infijār)explosion
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root ف-ج-ر, whose core sense is to split or break something open so that what is inside pours out. The base form فَجَرَ already means to burst open, and the same root gives فجر (fajr), the dawn, the moment light splits the dark. فَجَّر is the doubled, causative form of the root: it means to make something burst open, hence to detonate or explode it. No reliable Indo-European root applies, since Arabic is Semitic, not Indo-European.
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