بغتة

Arabic

Root
ب غ ت (b ḡ t)
4 terms

Etymology 1.1

Instance noun from the verb بَغَتَ (baḡata, “to surprise someone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baɣ.ta/

Noun

بَغْتَة • (baḡta) f

verbal noun of بَغَتَ (baḡata) (form I)
abruptness
unexpected astonishing event

Declension

Declension of noun **بَغْتَة** (baḡta)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	بَغْتَة baḡta	الْبَغْتَة al-baḡta	بَغْتَة baḡtat
nominative	بَغْتَةٌ baḡtatun	الْبَغْتَةُ al-baḡtatu	بَغْتَةُ baḡtatu
accusative	بَغْتَةً baḡtatan	الْبَغْتَةَ al-baḡtata	بَغْتَةَ baḡtata
genitive	بَغْتَةٍ baḡtatin	الْبَغْتَةِ al-baḡtati	بَغْتَةِ baḡtati

Etymology 1.2

Adverbial accusative of بَغْتَة (baḡta, “abruptness”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baɣ.ta.tan/

Adverb

بَغْتَةً • (baḡtatan)

suddenly, surprisingly, unexpectedly, abruptly (without warning)
Synonym: غَفْلَةً (ḡaflatan)

يَأْتِي المَوْتُ بَغْتَةً ― yaʔtī l-mawtu baḡtatan ― Death comes unexpectedly
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 26:202:
  فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
  which will take them by surprise when they least expect ˹it˺.

References

“بغتة” in Almaany