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مُفاجِئ
surprising /muˈfaː.d͡ʒiʔ/
adjectiveB1#1815 most common
Also: sudden, unexpected, startling
Example sentences
الخبر مُفاجِئ.
The news is surprising.
كان قرارها مُفاجِئاً.
Her decision was surprising.
حدث تغيير مُفاجِئ في الطقس.
A sudden change happened in the weather.
تلقّينا خبراً مُفاجِئاً عن استقالته.
We received surprising news about his resignation.
أدّى الارتفاع المُفاجِئ في الأسعار إلى قلق واسع.
The sudden rise in prices led to widespread worry.
رغم الهدوء الظاهر، جاء انهيار السوق مُفاجِئاً للمحلّلين الذين توقّعوا الاستقرار.
Despite the apparent calm, the market collapse came as a surprise to analysts who had expected stability.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُفاجِئٌ | مُفاجِئونَ |
| Genitive | مُفاجِئٍ | مُفاجِئينَ |
| Accusative | مُفاجِئاً | مُفاجِئينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُفاجِئُ | يا مُفاجِئونَ |
Word family
فاجَأَto surprise, take by surprise
مُفاجَأةa surprise
فَجْأةًsuddenly
مُفاجَأsurprised, taken unawares
Etymology
The word is the active participle of the Form III verb فاجَأَ, "to take by surprise," built on the triliteral root ف-ج-أ, which carries the sense of something happening suddenly. The participle pattern mufāʿil marks the agent or the quality of the action. So مُفاجِئ describes a thing that surprises.
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