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عجب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of wonder, astonishment, and surprise, often stemming from something unusual, unexpected, or remarkable. It also extends to meanings of admiration, pride, and even a specific anatomical part of an animal.

Derived headwords

العَجَبُnoun
  1. 1.
    wonder, astonishmentboth

    The feeling of surprise or amazement caused by something unexpected, unusual, or remarkable.

  2. 2.
    pride, conceitboth

    An inflated sense of self-importance or satisfaction with oneself or one's achievements.

  3. 3.
    a marvel, a wonderboth

    Something that causes astonishment or admiration; a remarkable thing.

عَجِبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be astonished, to wonderboth

    To experience surprise or amazement at something.

  2. 2.
    to be amazedboth

    To be filled with wonder or surprise.

يَعْجَبُverb
  1. 1.
    he is astonishedboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'to be astonished'.

عَجَبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    astonishmentboth

    The state or feeling of being astonished; wonder.

تَعَجَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be amazed, to wonderboth

    To express or feel astonishment; to marvel.

اسْتَعْجَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be greatly astonishedboth

    To experience intense astonishment or surprise.

الاسْتِعْجَابُnoun
  1. 1.
    intense astonishmentboth

    The state of extreme surprise or wonder.

العَجِيبَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a wonder, a marvelboth

    Something that causes astonishment or admiration; a remarkable event or thing.

الأُعْجُوبَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    a marvel, a wonderboth

    Something extraordinary or astonishing; a phenomenon that inspires wonder.

التَّعَاجِيبُnoun
  1. 1.
    wonders, marvelsboth

    Plural of 'ta'ajub', referring to numerous astonishing things or events.

عُجَابٌadjective
  1. 1.
    astonishing, wondrousboth

    Extremely surprising or remarkable; beyond normal comprehension.

عَجِيبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    strange, oddboth

    Unusual, peculiar, or out of the ordinary.

  2. 2.
    wonderful, amazingboth

    Causing wonder or astonishment; remarkable.

مُعْجِبٌadjective
  1. 1.
    proud, conceitedboth

    Having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's abilities.

  2. 2.
    admiringboth

    Feeling or showing admiration for someone or something.

أَعْجَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to please, to delightboth

    To cause someone to feel pleasure or satisfaction.

  2. 2.
    to make someone wonderboth

    To cause someone to feel astonishment or surprise.

تَعْجِيبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    causing wonderboth

    The act of making someone feel wonder or astonishment.

العُجْبُnoun
  1. 1.
    pride, vanityboth

    An excessive sense of self-worth or admiration for oneself.

العَجَبُ (من الدابة)noun
  1. 1.
    tailbone, coccyxclassical

    The part of the spine at the base of the trunk, where the tail is attached in animals.

أَعْجَابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    astonishmentsclassical

    Plural of 'ajab', referring to multiple instances of wonder or surprise.

عَجْبَاءُadjective
  1. 1.
    having a thick tailboneclassical

    Describing an animal, particularly a female camel, with a prominent or thick tailbone.

عَجُوبٌnoun
  1. 1.
    end of a duneclassical

    The tapering or final part of a sand dune.

Parallel reading

إنكار ما يرد عليك لقلة اعتياده
Denial of what comes to you due to its rarity.
يا عجبا للدهر ذي الأعجاب
Oh, wonder of time with its astonishments!
وقد عجب منه يعجب عجبا، وتعجب، واستعجب
And he was astonished by it, he is astonished, he was greatly astonished.
ومستعجب مما يرى من أناتنا
And one who is astonished by what he sees of our patience.
والاستعجاب: شدة التعجب
And 'istijab' is intense astonishment.
والاسم: العجيبة، والأعجوبة
And the noun is 'al-'ajībah' and 'al-u'jūbah'.
والتعاجيب: العجائب، لا واحد لها من لفظها
And 'al-ta'ājīb' are wonders, with no singular from its form.
بل عجبت ويسخرون
Rather, I am astonished, and they mock.
أصل العجب في اللغة، أن الإنسان إذا رأى ما ينكره ويقل مثله، قال: قد عجبت من كذا
The origin of 'ajab' in language is that a person, if they see something they find strange and rare, says: I have been astonished by such and such.
أخبر عن نفسه بالعجب
He informed about himself with astonishment.
أكان للناس عجبا
Was it a wonder to the people?
بل عجبوا أن جاءهم منذر منهم
Rather, they were astonished that a warner came to them from among themselves.
إن هذا لشيء عجاب
Indeed, this is a wondrous thing.
وإن تعجب فعجب قولهم
And if you are astonished, then their saying is astonishing.
واتخذ سبيله في البحر عجبا
And he took his way in the sea, a wonder.
عجب ربك من قوم يقادون إلى الجنة في السلاسل
Your Lord is astonished by a people led to Paradise in chains.
عجب ربك من شاب ليست له صبوة
Your Lord is astonished by a youth who has no youthful indiscretion.
أعجبه الأمر: حمله على العجب منه
The matter pleased him: it caused him to be astonished by it.
قصة عجب، وشيء معجب إذا كان حسنا جدا
A wondrous story, and a wondrous thing if it is very beautiful.
والتعجب: أن ترى الشيء يعجبك، تظن أنك لم تر مثله
And astonishment is: you see something that amazes you, thinking you have not seen its like.
لله زيد كأنه جاء به الله من أمر عجيب
By God, Zayd is as if God brought him from a wondrous matter.
رجل معجب: مزهو بما يكون منه حسنا أو قبيحا
A proud man: conceited with what comes from him, whether good or bad.
العجب: الذي يعجبه القعود مع النساء
Al-'ujb: one who likes to sit with women.
ما انضم عليه الوركان من أصل الذنب المغروز في مؤخر العجز
What the two haunches join together from the base of the tail embedded in the rear of the rump.
كل ابن آدم يبلى إلا العجب
Every son of Adam decays except the tailbone.
ناقة عجباء: بينة العجب، غليظة عجب الذنب
A camel 'ajbā': clearly having a prominent tailbone, thick at the tailbone.
عجب الكثيب: آخره المستدق منه
The end of the dune: its tapering extremity.
يجتاب أصلا قالصا متنبذا بعجوب أنقاء، يميل هيامها
It traverses a high, isolated base with the end of a dune, its sand shifting.