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انفجر

Root: فجر

Form: 7

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انفجرVII and تفجّر , but the latter is with teshdeed [as quasi-pass. of 2,] to denote muchness, or frequency, or repetition, or application to many subjects of the action, It had a way, passage, vent, or channel, opened for it to flow forth; it had vent; it poured out, or forth, as though impelled or propelled; syn. اِنْبَعَثَ; it flowed, ran, or streamed.
2 [Hence,] انفجر عَلَيْهِمُ العَدُوُّ The enemy [poured upon them;] came upon them suddenly, in great number. And انفجرت عَلَيْهِمُ الدَّوَاهِى Calamities [poured upon them;] came upon them from every quarter, abundantly and suddenly.
3 [Hence also,] انفجر بِٱلْكَرَمِ, and تفجّر بِهِ [He was profuse of generosity, or liberality]: and تفجّر فِى الخَيْرِ [he was profuse in bounty, or beneficence].
4 And انفجر الصُّبْحُ, and تفجّر , [The dawn broke forth]: and انفجر عَنْهُ اللَّيْلُ [The night departed from before it; namely, the rising dawn].
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