فجء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of suddenness, unexpectedness, and surprise. It describes events or actions that occur abruptly, without prior warning or anticipation, often implying an element of shock or being taken unawares.

Derived headwords

فَجِئَverb

1.
to surpriseboth
The event or matter surprised him, coming upon him suddenly and unexpectedly.

فَجَأَهُverb

1.
to surpriseboth
The event or matter surprised him, coming upon him suddenly and unexpectedly.

فَجْأًnoun

1.
suddennessboth
The state or quality of being sudden; abruptness.

فَجَاءَةًnoun

1.
suddennessboth
The state or quality of being sudden; abruptness.
2.
surpriseboth
Something that happens unexpectedly; a surprising event.

اِفْتَجَأَهُverb

1.
to surpriseboth
To come upon someone suddenly and unexpectedly, often with an element of shock.

فَاجَأَهُverb

1.
to surpriseboth
To come upon someone suddenly and unexpectedly.

مُفَاجَأَةًnoun

1.
surpriseboth
An unexpected event or occurrence.
2.
surprisingboth
The act or instance of surprising someone.

فَجَاءٌnoun

1.
suddennessclassical
The quality of happening abruptly and without warning.

أَفْجَأَverb

1.
to find someone in a predicamentclassical
To discover a friend in an embarrassing or compromising situation.

فُجِئَتِ النَّاقَةُverb

1.
to have a large bellyclassical
Said of a she-camel whose belly has become greatly enlarged.

الفَجْأُnoun

1.
enlarged bellyclassical
The condition of having a greatly enlarged belly, specifically referring to a she-camel.

الفُجَاءَةُname

1.
Abu Qatari al-Maziniclassical
A proper name, referring to Abu Qatari al-Mazini.

مَوْتُ الفُجَاءَةِnoun

1.
sudden deathboth
Death that occurs unexpectedly and without prior illness or warning.

Parallel reading

فجئه الأمر وفجأه، بالكسر والنصب، يفجؤه فجأ وفجاءة، بالضم والمد، وافتجأه وفاجأه يفاجئه مفاجأة وفجاء

The matter surprised him and he was surprised by it, whether with a kasra or a fatha, he is surprised by it suddenly and with suddenness, with damma and elongation, and he was surprised by it, and he surprised him, surprising him with surprise and suddenness.

هجم عليه من غير أن يشعر به، وقيل: إذا جاءه بغتة من غير تقدم سبب

It attacked him without him being aware of it, and it is said: if it came to him suddenly without a preceding cause.

كأنه، إذ فاجأه افتجاؤه، ... أثناء ليل، مغدف أثناؤه

As if, when its suddenness surprised him, ... in the middle of the night, its extent was covered.

وكل ما هجم عليك من أمر لم تحتسبه فقد فجأك

And whatever matter attacks you that you did not anticipate has surprised you.

أفجأ إذا صادف صديقه على فضيحة

He discovered [a friend] if he found his friend in a scandal.

فجئت الناقة: عظم بطنها، والمصدر الفجأ، مهموز مقصور

The she-camel was surprised: her belly became large, and the مصدر is al-faj'u, hamzated and maqsur.

ولقيته فجاءة، وضعوه موضع المصدر واستعمله ثعلب بالألف واللام ومكنه، فقال: إذا قلت خرجت فإذا زيد، فهذا هو الفجاءة، فلا يدرى أهو من كلام العرب، أو هو من كلامه

And I met him suddenly, they placed it in the position of the مصدر and Tha'lab used it with the definite article and confirmed it, saying: If you say 'I went out' and then 'Zayd is there', this is al-faja'ah, and it is not known if it is from the speech of the Arabs or from his own speech.

والفجاءة: ما فاجأك

And al-faja'ah: that which surprises you.

وموت الفجاءة: ما يفجأ الإنسان من ذلك

And sudden death: that which surprises a person of that.

وورد في الحديث في غير موضع، وقيده بعضهم بفتح الفاء وسكون الجيم من غير مد على المرة

And it was mentioned in the Hadith in more than one place, and some of them restricted it to a fatha on the fa and a sukun on the jim without elongation, referring to a single instance.