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غافصه

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of surprising someone suddenly and unexpectedly. It also extends to describe a difficult or challenging circumstance.

Derived headwords

غَافَصَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to surpriseboth

    To take someone by surprise, to catch them unaware.

غَافِصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    adversityclassical

    A difficult or challenging circumstance, a hardship of time.

Parallel reading

فاجأه، وأخذه على غرة.
He surprised him, and took him unawares.
الغافصة: من أوازم الدهر.
The ghāfiṣah: is one of the adversities of time.