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فَخّ
trap /ˈfaxx/
nounB1#2138 most common
Also: snare, pitfall
Example sentences
وَقَعَ الطَّائِرُ فِي الفَخِّ.
The bird fell into the trap.
نَصَبَ الصَّيَّادُ فَخّاً لِلْأَرْنَبِ.
The hunter set a trap for the rabbit.
حَذَّرَنِي صَدِيقِي مِنْ هٰذَا الفَخِّ.
My friend warned me about this trap.
كَانَ العَرْضُ مُجَرَّدَ فَخٍّ لِجَذْبِ الزَّبَائِنِ.
The offer was just a trap to draw in customers.
أَدْرَكَ مُتَأَخِّراً أَنَّهُ سَقَطَ فِي فَخٍّ نَصَبَهُ لَهُ خُصُومُهُ.
He realized too late that he had fallen into a trap set by his rivals.
تَنْصِبُ السُّلْطَةُ فِخَاخاً قَانُونِيَّةً تُوقِعُ المُعَارِضِينَ دُونَ أَنْ يَشْعُرُوا.
The authorities lay legal traps that catch dissidents without their noticing.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | فَخٌّ | فِخَاخٌ |
| Genitive | فَخٍّ | فِخَاخٍ |
| Accusative | فَخّاً | فِخَاخاً |
| Vocative | يَا فَخُّ | يَا فِخَاخُ |
Word family
فَخَّخَto booby-trap, to mine
مُفَخَّخbooby-trapped, rigged with explosives
تَفْخِيخbooby-trapping, rigging with explosives
فِخَاخtraps (plural)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root f-kh-kh, tied to the idea of catching or ensnaring. It names the device that snaps shut on prey. Related forms in modern Arabic extend the sense to booby-trapping, as in a car rigged with explosives.
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