العجب

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of wonder, astonishment, and amazement. It extends to related ideas like pride, arrogance, and things that are unusual or extraordinary. It also encompasses specific applications like the rear of something, a tribe, and even names of people and places.

Derived headwords

العَجَبnoun

1.
wonder, amazementboth
The feeling of surprise or astonishment at something unexpected or extraordinary.
2.
pride, arroganceboth
An excessive sense of self-importance or superiority, often stemming from a feeling of being special or remarkable.
3.
rear, endclassical
The back part or extremity of anything.
4.
tribeclassical
A specific tribal name derived from this root.

العجب، بالفتح: أصل الذنب، ومؤخر كل شيء، وقبيلة — Wonder, with fath: the origin of the tail, the rear of everything, and a tribe.

وبالضم: الزهو والكبر — And with damma: pride and arrogance.

عَجِبَverb

1.
to wonder, be amazedboth
To experience astonishment or surprise at something.
2.
to be proud, arrogantclassical
To exhibit excessive self-importance or conceit.

وتعجبت منه، واستعجبت منه: كعجبت منه — And I wondered at him, and I sought to be amazed by him: like I wondered at him.

عَجَبْتُverb

1.
I wonderedboth
Past tense first-person singular of the verb 'to wonder'.

وتعجبت منه، واستعجبت منه: كعجبت منه — And I wondered at him, and I sought to be amazed by him: like I wondered at him.

استَعْجَبَverb

1.
to be amazed, wonderboth
To express or feel amazement, often seeking to understand or comprehend something extraordinary.

وتعجبت منه، واستعجبت منه: كعجبت منه — And I wondered at him, and I sought to be amazed by him: like I wondered at him.

عَجَّبَverb

1.
to make wonder, amazeboth
To cause someone to feel wonder or astonishment.

وعجبته تعجيبا — And I made him wonder.

تَعْجِيبnoun

1.
amazement, causing wonderboth
The act of causing someone to be amazed or astonished.

وعجبته تعجيبا — And I made him wonder.

أَعْجَبَverb

1.
to please, delightboth
To cause someone to feel pleasure or admiration.
2.
to carry on with prideclassical
To act with arrogance or self-importance.

أعجبه: حمله على العجب منه — It pleased him: it carried him to wonder at it.

وأعجب به: عجب وسر، كأعجبه — And he was pleased with it: he wondered and was happy, like it pleased him.

عَجِيبadjective

1.
wonderful, amazingboth
Inspiring wonder or astonishment; extraordinary.
2.
strange, peculiarboth
Unusual or different from what is normal or expected.

وأمر عجب وعجيب وعجاب وعجاب — And a wondrous matter, and amazing, and extraordinary, and extraordinary.

وعجب وعجاب، أو العجيب كالعجب — And wonder and extraordinary, or the amazing is like wonder.

عُجَابadjective

1.
extraordinary, wondrousclassical
Something that surpasses the normal limits of wonder or amazement.

وأمر عجب وعجيب وعجاب وعجاب — And a wondrous matter, and amazing, and extraordinary, and extraordinary.

والعجاب: ما جاوز حد العجب — And the extraordinary: that which exceeds the limit of wonder.

أَعْجَابnoun

1.
astonishments, wondersboth
Plural of 'ajaba', referring to multiple instances of wonder or amazement.

وعجبت منه، واستعجبت منه: كعجبت منه — And I wondered at him, and I sought to be amazed by him: like I wondered at him.

عَجَائِبnoun

1.
wonders, marvelsboth
Plural of 'ajiba', referring to extraordinary or marvelous things.

وجمع عجيب: عجائب، أو لا يجمعان — And the plural of 'ajīb: 'ajā'ib, or they are not pluralized.

عَجِيبَةnoun

1.
wonder, marvelboth
An instance of something that causes wonder or astonishment; a marvel.

والاسم: العجيبة والأعجوبة — And the noun: al-'ajība and al-u'jūba.

أُعْجُوبَةnoun

1.
wonder, marvelboth
Something that is remarkably strange or impressive; a marvel.

والاسم: العجيبة والأعجوبة — And the noun: al-'ajība and al-u'jūba.

تَعَاجِيبnoun

1.
wonders, marvelsclassical
A plural form referring to many wonders or extraordinary things.

والتعاجيب: العجائب — And al-ta'ājīb: al-'ajā'ib.

عَجْبَاءadjective

1.
astonishingly beautiful or uglyclassical
Describing something that is so extreme in beauty or ugliness that it causes wonder; opposite.
2.
she-camel with prominent hindquartersclassical
A she-camel whose hindquarters are prominent and whose tail bones are raised.
3.
stout, thickclassical
Describing something as thick or robust.

والعجباء: التي يتعجب من حسنها، ومن قبحها، ضد — And al-'ajbā': she who is wondered at for her beauty, and for her ugliness, opposite.

أَعْجَبadjective

1.
stout, thickclassical
Describing a male animal, particularly a camel, as being stout or thick.

وبعير أعجب — And a stout camel.

تَعْجَابَةadjective

1.
full of wondersclassical
A person who is known for or produces many extraordinary or surprising things.

ورجل تعجابة، بالكسر: ذو أعاجيب — And a man ta'jābah, with kasr: possessor of wonders.

ابن عُجَبname

1.
Ibn 'Ajabclassical
A proper name, specifically referring to Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Bakri.

وأحمد بن سعيد البكري، شهر بابن عجب — And Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Bakri, known as Ibn 'Ajab.

سعيد بن عجبname

1.
Sa'id ibn 'Ajabclassical
A proper name, referring to a person named Sa'id ibn 'Ajab.

وسعيد بن عجب، محركتين — And Sa'id ibn 'Ajab, with two harakat.

منية عجبname

1.
Minyat 'Ajabclassical
A place name, referring to a location in the Maghreb.

ومنية عجب: د بالمغرب — And Minyat 'Ajab: a place in the Maghreb.

تَصَبَّانِيverb

1.
to make one desire, attractclassical
To cause someone to be attracted to or to desire something, often in a way that is captivating.

وتعجبني: تصباني — And it captivates me: it makes me desire.

كجهينةname

1.
Kajuhaynahclassical
A proper name, referring to a man named Kajuhaynah.

وكجهينة: رجل — And like Juhaynah: a man.

أعجب جاهلاًname

1.
A'jaba Jāhilanclassical
A nickname for a man, literally meaning 'he amazed an ignorant person'.

وأعجب جاهلا: لقب رجل — And A'jaba Jāhilan: a nickname for a man.

Parallel reading

العجب، بالفتح: أصل الذنب، ومؤخر كل شيء، وقبيلة

Wonder, with fath: the origin of the tail, the rear of everything, and a tribe.

وبالضم: الزهو والكبر

And with damma: pride and arrogance.

والرجل يعجبه القعود مع النساء، أو تعجب النساء به، ويثلث

And the man who likes to sit with women, or women are amazed by him, and it is triliteral.

وإنكار مايرد عليك، كالعجب، محركة، وجمعهما: أعجاب

And denial of what comes to you, like 'ajab, moved, and their plural: a'jāb.

وجمع عجيب: عجائب، أو لا يجمعان

And the plural of 'ajīb: 'ajā'ib, or they are not pluralized.

والاسم: العجيبة والأعجوبة

And the noun: al-'ajība and al-u'jūba.

وتعجبت منه، واستعجبت منه: كعجبت منه

And I wondered at him, and I sought to be amazed by him: like I wondered at him.

وعجبته تعجيبا

And I made him wonder.

وما أعجبه برأيه، شاذ

And how it pleased him with his opinion, is irregular.

والتعاجيب: العجائب

And al-ta'ājīb: al-'ajā'ib.

وأعجبه: حمله على العجب منه

It pleased him: it carried him to wonder at it.

وأعجب به: عجب وسر، كأعجبه

And he was pleased with it: he wondered and was happy, like it pleased him.

وأمر عجب وعجيب وعجاب وعجاب

And a wondrous matter, and amazing, and extraordinary, and extraordinary.

والعجاب: ما جاوز حد العجب

And the extraordinary: that which exceeds the limit of wonder.

والعجباء: التي يتعجب من حسنها، ومن قبحها، ضد

And al-'ajbā': she who is wondered at for her beauty, and for her ugliness, opposite.

والناقة دق مؤخرها وأشرف جاعرتاها

And the she-camel whose hindquarters are thin and her tailbones are prominent.

والغليظة

And the stout one.

وبعير أعجب

And a stout camel.

ورجل تعجابة، بالكسر: ذو أعاجيب

And a man ta'jābah, with kasr: possessor of wonders.

والعجب من الله: الرضا

And 'ajab from God: contentment.

وأحمد بن سعيد البكري، شهر بابن عجب

And Ahmad ibn Sa'id al-Bakri, known as Ibn 'Ajab.

وسعيد بن عجب، محركتين، ومنية عجب: د بالمغرب

And Sa'id ibn 'Ajab, with two harakat, and Minyat 'Ajab: a place in the Maghreb.

وتعجبني: تصباني

And it captivates me: it makes me desire.

وكجهينة: رجل

And like Juhaynah: a man.

وأعجب جاهلا: لقب رجل

And A'jaba Jāhilan: a nickname for a man.