فجأة

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ف ج ء (f-j-ʔ)

Etymology 1[edit]

Adverbial accusative of فَجْأَة (fajʔa, unexpected event).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fad͡ʒ.ʔa.tan/
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan)

  1. suddenly, unexpectedly, inadvertently, unawares
Descendants[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From the root ف ج ء (f-j-ʔ); compare فَجَأَ (fajaʔa, to come suddenly).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

فَجْأَة (fajʔaf

  1. unexpected event, sudden event, sudden arrival, bolt from the blue, surprise
Declension[edit]

South Levantine Arabic[edit]

Root
ف ج ء
3 terms

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Arabic فَجْأَة (fajʔa).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /faʒ.ʔe/, [ˈfaʒ.ʔa]
  • (file)

Adverb[edit]

فجأة (fajʔa)

  1. suddenly