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غفص

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of taking someone by surprise or catching them off guard. It implies an unexpected action or encounter, often with a negative connotation of being caught unprepared.

Derived headwords

غَافَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to catch unawaresboth

    To take someone by surprise, to catch them when they are unprepared or unsuspecting.

غُرَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    the best of his people, meaning their masterboth

    the best of his people, meaning their master

  2. 2.
    its beginning and its most noble partboth

    its beginning and its most noble part

  3. 3.
    and a naive girlboth

    and a naive girl

  4. 4.
    he deceived himboth

    he deceived him

Parallel reading

غَافَصْتُ الرَّجُلَ، أَيْ أَخَذْتُهُ عَلَى غُرَّةٍ.
I caught the man unawares, meaning I took him by surprise.
أَخَذْتُهُ عَلَى غُرَّةٍ
I took him by surprise