عجب

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Form 1عَجِبَ مِنْهُ6 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarعَجَبٌ

Core sense — he wondered at it, he deemed it strange; he admired itgenerated

1.1[how courageous is he!]—مَا أَشْجَعَهُ

The verb also occurs as لَهُ, as what follows shows. Muḍāriʿ عَجَبَ; maṣdar عَجَبٌ, تعجّب منه and استعجب منه, the last two synonymous with each other and with the first as well. All signify: he wondered at it, that is, he deemed it strange, extraordinary, or improbable, said of something occurring or presenting itself to him, because he was little used to it. Or the first signifies only: he deemed it strange, extraordinary, or improbable.

تَعَجُّبٌ is of two kinds: wondering at something one commends, which means accounting a thing good or goodly, approving it, and expressing one's approval of it; and wondering at something one dislikes, which means deeming a thing strange, extraordinary, or improbable, and finding fault with it.

[how clearly shall they hear! and how clearly shall they see!]—أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ

he wondered at it, and he admired it—تَعَجَّبَ مِنْهُ

According to some of the grammarians it means the mind's becoming affected by some excessive quality in the thing that so affects it, so that it may be rendered: he became affected with wonder; as when one says:

Or it is wondering at something whose cause or reason is hidden and not known; or it is when one sees something that pleases him and thinks he has not seen its like.

According to some, the verb relates only to what is deemed good or goodly, or approved — though this does not agree with the use of the grammatical term فِعْلُ التَّعَجُّبِ, the verb of wonder — and the noun derived from it is عَجْبٌ; while استعجب relates both to what is good or goodly or approved and to what is not, and its noun is عَجَبٌ [which is also the maṣdar of عَجِبَ].

he wondered at a thing intensely; he became affected with intense wonder—استعجب

According to the A and L.

1.1.1I wonder greatly at this, literally: with wondering—عَجَبًا لِهٰذَا

A phrase of common occurrence, standing for أَعْجَبُ عَجَبًا لِهٰذَا; mentioned under وَيْبٌ and elsewhere. See also an example under عَجَبٌ.

1.1.2Nay, you wonder at their conduct, or deem it extraordinary, [O Mohammad,] and they mock—بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

[Nay, I wonder, and so on]—بل عَجِبْتُ ويسخرون

Of the words in the Qur'ān 37:12 there are two readings.

On the latter reading it is observed that عَجَبٌ, when attributed to God, has a meaning different from the one it has when attributed to men. IAth says that, attributed to God, it is used figuratively, since the causes of things are not hidden from Him. Or, according to IAmb, the verb here means: I have recompensed them for their wondering at the truth, or for their deeming it strange or improbable.

In the same way it is said in the Qur'ān 8:30, يَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ ٱللّٰهُ [literally: "They plot and God plots"], meaning that God recompenses them for their plotting.

Qur’ān 37:12 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxxvii. 12”

Qur’ān 8:28 approximate — somewhere between 8:1 and 8:48 Lane cites “Kur viii. 30”

Qur’ān 37:12 Lane quotes this verse

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.3your Lord wonders at a people who will be led to Paradise in chains—عَجِبَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الجَنَّة فِى السَّلَاسِلِ

It is also said that عَجَبٌ, when attributed to God, sometimes means being well pleased, content, or satisfied.

This is said in a tradition. [The wonder is at their deeming themselves unworthy of it.] The verb عجب is here used in a figurative sense; or the meaning is: your Lord is well pleased with, and will reward, a people, and so on. There are other traditions of the same kind.

1.1.4he loved, or liked, him, or it—عَجِبَ إِلَيْهِ

[See a verse cited under عَجِيبٌ, from which it seems to signify literally: he, or it, was an object of love to him.]

1.2said of a she-camel: she was, or became, such as is termed عَجْبَآء—عَجِبَتْ

Maṣdar عَجَبٌ and عَجُبَتْ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 8

7:63

أَوَعَجِبْتُمْ أَن جَآءَكُمْ ذِكْرٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ عَلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنكُمْ لِيُنذِرَكُمْ وَلِتَتَّقُوا۟ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

"Do ye wonder that there hath come to you a message from your Lord, through a man of your own people, to warn you,- so that ye may fear Allah and haply receive His Mercy?"

37:12

بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

Truly dost thou marvel, while they ridicule,

38:4

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا سَـٰحِرٌ كَذَّابٌ

So they wonder that a Warner has come to them from among themselves! and the Unbelievers say, "This is a sorcerer telling lies!

50:2

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing!

53:59

أَفَمِنْ هَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ تَعْجَبُونَ

Do ye then wonder at this recital?

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, O, Msb, K,) [and لَهُ , as shown by what follows,] aor. عَجَبَ , inf. n. عَجَبٌ ; (Msb, TA;) and تعجّب منه , and استعجب منه , (S, O, Msb, K,) which two are syn. each with the other, (S, O, K,) and with the first also; (S, K;) all signify He wondered at it; i. e. he deemed it strange, extraordinary, or improbable, said of a thing occurring, or presenting itself, to him; (K, TA;) on account of his being little accustomed to it: (TA:) or the first signifies [as above, i. e.] he deemed it strange, extraordinary, or improbable: and تَعَجُّبٌ is of two kinds; one is [the wondering] at a thing which one commends, and it means the accounting (a thing) good or goodly, or approving [it], and expressing one's approval of a thing; and the other is at a thing that one dislikes, and it means the deeming [a thing] strange, extraordinary, or improbable, and discommending [it]: (Msb:) or, accord. to some of the grammarians, it signifies the mind's becoming affected, or acted upon, by some excessive quality in the thing by which it is so affected; [so that it may be rendered the becoming affected with wonder;] as when one says مَا أَشْجَعَهُ [“ how courageous is he! ”] and أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ [“ how clearly shall they hear! and how clearly shall they see! ”]: (Msb, MF, TA:) or it is [the wondering] at a thing of which the cause, or reason, is hidden, and not known: or it is when one sees a thing that pleases him, and thinks that he has not seen the like of it: (L, TA:) [therefore تَعَجَّبَ مِنْهُ may be rendered he wondered at it, and he admired it:] accord. to some, it peculiarly relates to what is deemed good or goodly, or approved; [though this is inconsistent with the application of the grammatical term فِعْلُ التَّعَجُّبِ the verb of wonder;] and the subst. derived from it is عَجْبٌ : and استعجب relates to what is good or goodly or approved, and to what is otherwise; and the subst. is عَجَبٌ [which is also the inf. n. of عَجِبَ ]: or accord. to the A and L, استعجب signifies he wondered at a thing intensely; or became affected with intense wonder. (TA.) [ عَجَبًا لِهٰذَا , a phrase of common occurrence, (mentioned in the K voce وَيْبٌ , &c.,) is for أَعْجَبُ عَجَبًا لِهٰذَا I wonder greatly, lit. with wondering, at this. See also an ex. voce عَجَبٌ , last sentence but two.] Of the words in the Kur xxxvii. 12, there are two readings, بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ and بل عَجِبْتُ ويسخرون : accord. to the former, the meaning is, Nay, thou wonderest at their conduct, or deemest it extraordinary, [O Mohammad,] and they mock: respecting the latter reading, [which may be rendered Nay, I wonder, &c.,] it is observed that عَجَبٌ when attributed to God has a meaning different from that which it has when attributed to men: IAth says that, when attributed to God, it is used in a tropical manner, as the causes of things are not hidden from Him: or, accord. to IAmb, the verb here meams I have recompensed them for their wondering at the truth, or their deeming it strange or improbable: and in like manner it is said [in the Kur viii. 30], يَمْكُرُونَ وَيَمْكُرُ ٱللّٰهُ [lit. “ They plot and God plotteth ”], meaning, “ God recompenseth them for their plotting. ” (L, TA.) It is also said that عَجَبٌ when attributed to God [sometimes] means The being well pleased, content, or satisfied. (K, TA.) The saying, in a trad., عَجِبَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الجَنَّة فِى السَّلَاسِلِ means Thy Lord wonders at a people who will be led to Paradise in chains [because of their deeming themselves unworthy thereof]; the verb عجب being here used in a tropical sense: or the meaning is, thy Lord is well pleased with, and will reward, a people &c.: and there are other trads. of the same kind. (L, TA.) عَجِبَ إِلَيْهِ means He loved, or liked, him, or it. (L, TA.) [See a verse cited voce عَجِيبٌ ; from which it seems to signify lit. He, or it, was an object of love to him.] عَجِبَتْ , inf. n. عَجَبٌ ; and عَجُبَتْ ; said of a she-camel, She was, or became, such as is termed عَجْبَآء (TA.)

Form 2عجّبهُ1 sense

maṣdarتَعْجِيبٌ

Core sense — he caused him to wondergenerated

2.1

He caused him to wonder, بِالشَّىْءِ [by the thing].

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, inf. n. تَعْجِيبٌ , He caused him to wonder, (S, O, K, TA,) بِالشَّىْءِ [by the thing]. (TA. [See also 4.])

Form 4اعجبهُ5 senses · 1 main

maṣdarإِعْجَابٌ

Core sense — it made him wonder; it pleased him, it excited his admirationgenerated

4.1

It (a thing, an affair, or an event) induced, or excited, him to wonder.

In the following saying of Ibn-Keys-er-Rukeiyát:

shāhid

رَأَتْ فِى الرَّأْسِ مِنِّى شَيْبَةً لَسْتُ أُغَيِّبُهَافَقَالَتْ لِى ٱبْنُ قَيْسٍ ذَا وَبَعْضُ الشَّيْبِ يُعْجِبُهَا

the meaning is, [She saw upon my head some hoariness, which I did not hide; and she said to me, "Is this Ibn-Keys?" somewhat of hoariness] causing her to have wonder.

4.1.1[This thing has excited my admiration, or approval, or has pleased me, for its goodness, or goodliness, or beauty]—أَعْجَبَنِى هٰذَا الشَّىْءُ لِحُسْنِهِ

[Its goodness, or goodliness, or beauty, excited my admiration, and the like]—أَعْجَبَنِى حُسْنُهُ

on this sense It (a thing, an affair, or an event) induced wonder, or admiration, and pleasure or joy in him; or it excited his admiration or approval; or it pleased him, or rejoiced him.

4.1.2he was excited to wonder, or admiration, and pleasure by it; he admired it and was pleased with it—أُعْجِبَ بِهِ

[he admired himself, was pleased with himself, or was self-conceited, or vain; or] he exalted and magnified himself; he was haughty and proud—أُعْجِبَ بِنَفْسِهِ

which is often used as synonymous with عُجْبٌ, the corresponding noun.

4.1.3how wonderful is it!—مَا أَعْجَبَهُ

4.1.4[how greatly he admires his opinion or judgment! or how pleased he is with it! or how conceited, or vain, or proud, he is of it!]—مَا أَعْجَبَهُ بِرَأْيِهِ

This is irregular in two respects and is not to be taken as an example to imitate: the verb here is formed from a passive and augmented verb, أُعْجِبَ, as is also the case in مَا أَشْغَلَهُ, whereas the primary rule for the verb of wonder is that it be formed only from an active and unaugmented verb.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 5 shown of 10

2:204

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُۥ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِى قَلْبِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ ٱلْخِصَامِ

There is the type of man whose speech about this world's life May dazzle thee, and he calls Allah to witness about what is in his heart; yet is he the most contentious of enemies.

5:100

قُل لَّا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْخَبِيثُ وَٱلطَّيِّبُ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ كَثْرَةُ ٱلْخَبِيثِ ۚ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ يَـٰٓأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ

Say: "Not equal are things that are bad and things that are good, even though the abundance of the bad may dazzle thee; so fear Allah, O ye that understand; that (so) ye may prosper."

9:55

فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَـٰدُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Let not their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: in reality Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in this life, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.

9:85

وَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَأَوْلَـٰدُهُمْ ۚ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ أَن يُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَـٰفِرُونَ

Nor let their wealth nor their (following in) sons dazzle thee: Allah's plan is to punish them with these things in this world, and that their souls may perish in their (very) denial of Allah.

33:52

لَّا يَحِلُّ لَكَ ٱلنِّسَآءُ مِنۢ بَعْدُ وَلَآ أَن تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْوَٰجٍ وَلَوْ أَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ يَمِينُكَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ رَّقِيبًا

It is not lawful for thee (to marry more) women after this, nor to change them for (other) wives, even though their beauty attract thee, except any thy right hand should possess (as handmaidens): and Allah doth watch over all things.

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It (a thing, or an affair, or event, TA) induced, or excited, him to wonder. (K, TA. [See also 2.]) In the following saying of Ibn- Keys-er-Rukeiyát, 1 the meaning is, [She saw upon my head some hoariness, which I did not hide; and she said to me, “ Is this Ibn-Keys? ” somewhat of hoariness] causing her to have wonder. (TA.) رَأَتْ فِى الرَّأْسِ مِنِّى شَيْبَةً لَسْتُ أُغَيِّبُهَا | فَقَالَتْ لِى ٱبْنُ قَيْسٍ ذَا وَبَعْضُ الشَّيْبِ يُعْجِبُهَا And It (a thing, or an affair, or event, TA) induced in him wonder, or admiration, and pleasure, or joy: (K:) or it excited his admiration, or approval: (Msb:) or it pleased, or rejoiced, him. (TA.) You say, أَعْجَبَنِى هٰذَا الشَّىْءُ لِحُسْنِهِ [This thing has excited my admiration, or approval, or has pleased me, for its goodness, or goodliness, or beauty]. (S, O.) And أَعْجَبَنِى حُسْنُهُ [Its goodness, or goodliness, or beauty, excited my admiration, &c.]. (Msb.) And أُعْجِبَ بِهِ He was excited to wonder, or admiration, and pleasure, or joy, by it; he admired it, and was pleased with it, or rejoiced by it. (K.) You say, أُعْجِبَ بِنَفْسِهِ , (S, O, Msb,) inf. n. إِعْجَابٌ , [which is often used as syn. with عُجْبٌ , the corresponding subst.,] (O,) [He admired himself, (lit. was excited to admiration by himself,) was pleased with himself, or was self-conceited, or vain; or] he exalted, and magnified, himself; was haughty, and proud. (Msb.) [ مَا أَعْجَبَهُ generally signifies How wonderful is it!] مَا أَعْجَبَهُ بِرَأْيِهِ [How greatly does he admire his opinion or judgment! or how greatly is he pleased with it! or how conceited, or vain, or proud, is he of it!] is anomalous [in two respects], (S, O, K,) not to be taken as an example to be imitated; (S, O;) for the verb here is formed from a passive [and augmented] verb [ أُعْجِبَ ], like as is the case in مَا أَشْغَلَهُ ; whereas it is the primary rule with respect to the verb of wonder that it shall not be formed from any but an active [and unaugmented] verb. (TA.)

Form 5تَعَجَّبَ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — he wondered at it; he showed self-admirationgenerated

5.1

See form 1, in two places.

5.1.1apparently: he showed self-admiration, and the like, in his gait—تعجّب فِى مِشْيَتِهِ

That is, he showed عُجْب in his gait. Mentioned under تَفَخَّتَ.

5.2[he excited my desire, and made me incline to ignorant, or foolish, and youthful conduct, so that I yearned towards him; or he deceived me, or beguiled me, and captivated my heart]—تَعَجَّبَنِى

Explained as تَصَبَّانِى; said of a man.

تَفَتَّنَنِى signifies the same; in the O it appears as تَفَتَّتَنِى, which I think a mistranscription, though I do not find تَفَتَّنَ elsewhere in the sense assigned to it here.

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see 1, in two places. One says also, تعجّب فِى مِشْيَتِهِ [app. meaning He showed عُجْب , i. e. self-admiration, &c., in his gait]. (TA voce تَفَخَّتَ .) تَعَجَّبَنِى signifies تَصَبَّانِى [He excited my desire, and invited me, or made me to incline, to ignorant, or foolish, or silly, and youthful, conduct, so that I yearned towards him: or he deceived me, or beguiled me, and captivated my heart]; (O, K, TA;) said of a man: (O, TA:) and تَفَتَّنَنِى [in the O تَفَتَّتَنِى , which I think a mistranscription, though I do not find تَفَتَّنَ elsewhere in the sense here assigned to it,] signifies the same. (TA.)

Form 10إِسْتَعْجَبَ1 sense

Core sense — he wondered at it, he deemed it strangegenerated

10.1

See form 1, in three places.

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see 1, in three places.

Derived nouns 17

Nounعَجْبٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — the root, or base, of the tail; the hinder part of a tract of sandgenerated

See عَجَبٌ, in two places.

And see also عُجْبٌ.

Also the root, or base, of the tail; or the part of the root of the tail of any beast which the haunch encloses and which is inserted in the hinder part of the rump; or the root and bone of the tail. It is also called the عُصْعُص [q. v.].

Az: it is the head of the عُصْعُص, or the upper part of the عُصْعُص, or the external end of the spine, while the عُصْعُص is its internal end.

It is said in a tradition that every part of a man will become consumed except the عَجْب, or the عَجْب, of the tail, according to different relations; from this, as a rudiment, he was created, and upon it he will be put together at the resurrection. That is, the bone at the lowest part of the spine, at the rump, which is the عَسِيب of beasts. It is said to be like a grain of mustard-seed; or, as Z says in the Fáïk, it is the bone between the buttocks.

It is also pronounced عُجْبٌ, and according to MF عِجْبٌ, but no one else says this; and, as El-Khafájee says, it is also called عَجْمٌ, عُجْمٌ and عِجْمٌ, this last with any of the three vowels.

3.1figurative · مجازthe thin hinder portion [of a sand-hill, or of an extended and gibbous sand-hill, or of a collection of sand that has poured down]—عَجْبُ كَثِيبٍ

Also the hinder part of a tract of sand, or of anything.

Plural عُجُوبٌ, and perhaps أَعْجَابٌ as well in the former sense, and so in this one too.

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: see عَجَبٌ , in two places: and see also عُجْبٌ . Also The root, or base, of the tail: (S, O, K:) or the part of the root, or base, of the tail, of any beast, which the haunch encloses, (Msb, TA,) and which is inserted in the hinder part of the rump: (TA:) or the root, or base, and bone, of the tail: (Lh, TA:) also called the عُصْعُص [q. v.]: (Msb, TA:) or it is the head of the عُصْعُص : (TA:) or the upper part of the عُصْعُص : or the external extremity of the spine; and the عُصْعُص is its internal extremity: (Az, L voce قُحْقُحٌ :) it is said in a trad., that every part of a man will become consumed, except the عَجْب , (TA,) or the عَجْب of the tail, (O, TA,) accord. to different relations; (TA;) from which [as a rudiment] he was created, and upon which he will [at the resurrection] be put together: (O:) i. e. the bone at the lower, or lowest, part of the spine, at the rump; which is the عَسِيب of beasts: it is said to be like a grain of mustard-seed: or, as Z says in the “ Fáïk, ” it is the bone that is between the buttocks: it is also pronounced عُجْبٌ ; and accord. to MF, عِجْبٌ , but no one else says this: and, as El-Khafájee says, it is also called عَجْمٌ and عُجْمٌ and عِجْمٌ , in this case with the three vowel-sounds. (TA.) Also The hinder part (S, O, K, TA) of a tract of sand, (S, O,) or of anything: (K, TA:) and hence, عَجْبُ كَثِيبٍ i. e. the thin hinder portion [of a sand-hill, or of an extended and gibbous sand-hill, or of a collection of sand that has poured down]: (TA:) pl. عُجُوبٌ , (S, O,) and perhaps أَعْجَابٌ also in the former sense [and therefore in this likewise]. (TA.)

Nounعُجْبٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — self-admiration, vanity, pride; a man who likes to sit and talk with womengenerated

See عَجَبٌ.

1.1

Also a noun from the phrase أُعْجِبَ بِنَفْسِهِ, or from الإِعْجَابُ: self-admiration, or self-conceit; vanity; and pride. It is said to be a result, or an offspring, of stupidity or folly; or a redundance of stupidity or folly which one has turned to what is so termed.

[Er-Rāghib makes a distinction between عُجْبٌ and تِيهٌ, as will be seen below, under مُعْجَبٌ.]

Also, and so عَجْبٌ and عِجْبٌ: a man who is pleased to sit with women and to converse with them, without doing what induces doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion; or a man with whom women are pleased.

The plural is perhaps أَعْجَابٌ.

See also عَجْبٌ.

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: see عَجَبٌ . Also a subst. from the phrase أُعْجِبَ بِنَفْسِهِ , (S,) or from الإِعْجَابُ ; (O;) [i. e. it signifies Self-admiration; or selfconceitedness; or] vanity; and pride: (K:) it is said to be [a result, or an offspring, of stupidity, or folly; or] a redundance of stupidity, or folly, which one has turned to what is thus termed. (TA.) [Er-Rághib makes a distinction between عُجْبٌ and تِيهٌ ; as will be seen below, voce مُعْجَبٌ .] Also, and عَجْبٌ , and عِجْبٌ , A man who is pleased to sit with women, (O, K,) and to converse with them, without his doing what induces doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion: (O:) or with whom women are pleased: (K, TA:) the pl. is perhaps أَعْجَابٌ . (TA.) See also عَجْبٌ .

Nounعِجْبٌ2 senses

Core sense — a man who likes to sit and talk with womengenerated

See عُجْبٌ.

And see also عَجْبٌ.

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: see عُجْبٌ : and see also عَجْبٌ .

Nounعَجَبٌ4 senses · 3 main

Core sense — wonder; a wonderful thing, a wonderful affairgenerated

1wonder—عُجْبٌ

[Originally a maṣdar.] Also عَجْبٌ: wonder, that is, a deeming strange, extraordinary, or improbable what occurs or presents itself to one, because one is little used to it; or the effect on the mind of considering something one is not familiar with and not accustomed to.

For a distinction between عَجَبٌ and عَجْبٌ, see form 1, in the middle of that entry.

The plural of عَجَبٌ in this sense is said to be أَعْجَابٌ, or it has no plural. [This statement applies correctly to عَجَبٌ as an adjective; as such it seems to be used alike as singular and plural, being originally a maṣdar.] But El-'Ajjáj has pluralized it, taking it in the sense explained above, saying:

shāhid

ذَكَرْنَ أَشْجَابًا لِمَنْ تَشَجَّبَاوَهِجْنَ أَعْجَابًا لِمَنْ تَعَجَّبَا

[They mentioned griefs to him who grieved, and they excited wonder to him who wondered.]

O case of wonder!—يَا لَلْعَجَبِ

Properly it means: O wonder, come, for this is your time.

O case of wonder!—يَا لِلْعَجَبِ

Properly it means: O people, come to wonder — the noun naming those called upon being left out.

2[a wonderful thing or affair]—أَمْرٌ عَجَبٌ

It is also an adjective applied to a thing, an affair, an event, or a case.

Also عَجِيبٌ, which is more common in this sense, and عُجَابٌ and عُجَّابٌ.

Or عَجِيبٌ is synonymous with عَجَبٌ, but عُجَابٌ signifies more than عَجَبٌ; or عُجَابٌ is synonymous with عَجِيبٌ, which means a thing, or an affair, or event, or a case, wondered at, or inducing wonder, or admiration, and pleasure, or joy, or pleasing, or rejoicing — synonymous with مُعْجِبٌ; and عُجَّابٌ signifies more than عَجَبٌ.

It is said that عَجَبٌ has no plural, and neither has عَجِيبٌ; or the plural of this last is عَجَائِبُ [on which see عَجِيبَةٌ], just as أَفَائِلُ is the plural of أَفِيلٌ and تَبَائِعُ of تَبِيعٌ.

[a wonderful story]—قِصَّةٌ عَجَبٌ

[Being originally a maṣdar, it is used alike as masculine and feminine.]

[For the same reason it may, as an adjective, be used alike as singular and plural, like عَدْلٌ and the like.]

2.1[such a one is none other than a wonder of wonders]—مَا فُلَانٌ إِلَّا عَجَبَةٌ مِنَ العَجَبِ

[It is also used as a noun in a plural sense, meaning wonders, that is, wonderful things, like the plural عَجَائِبُ and the like; and it may be similarly used in a singular sense for شَىْءٌ عَجَبٌ or أَمْرٌ عَجَبٌ. But when used as a noun in the plural sense just explained, it seems to be regarded by some as a collective noun of which عَجَبَةٌ is the ism waḥda; for one says:]

[literally: the father of wonders]: a surname of Fortune—أَبُو العَجَبِ

It also means a practiser of legerdemain, or sleight-of-hand: Eth-Tha'álibee gives الشَّعْوَذِىُّ or المُشَعْوِذُ as synonyms, under شعذ; and it applies to anyone who does wonderful things.

A poet says:

shāhid

يَا عَجَبًا لِلدَّهْرِ ذِى الأَعْجَابِ

for يَا أَعْجَبُ عَجَبًا: O, I wonder greatly, literally with wondering, at fortune that is ever attended with wonders.

[See also عَجِيبَةٌ.]

Also the quality, in a she-camel, that is denoted by the adjective عَجْبَآءُ [feminine of أَعْجَبُ, q. v.]; and عُجْبَةٌ means the same.

Qur’ānic occurrences عَجَب 4 shown of 5

10:2

أَكَانَ لِلنَّاسِ عَجَبًا أَنْ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰ رَجُلٍ مِّنْهُمْ أَنْ أَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَنَّ لَهُمْ قَدَمَ صِدْقٍ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ۗ قَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَسَـٰحِرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Is it a matter of wonderment to men that We have sent Our inspiration to a man from among themselves?- that he should warn mankind (of their danger), and give the good news to the Believers that they have before their Lord the lofty rank of truth. (But) say the Unbelievers: "This is indeed an evident sorcerer!"

18:9

أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَـٰتِنَا عَجَبًا

Or dost thou reflect that the Companions of the Cave and of the Inscription were wonders among Our Sign?

18:63

قَالَ أَرَءَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَآ إِلَى ٱلصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّى نَسِيتُ ٱلْحُوتَ وَمَآ أَنسَىٰنِيهُ إِلَّا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُۥ ۚ وَٱتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُۥ فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا

He replied: "Sawest thou (what happened) when we betook ourselves to the rock? I did indeed forget (about) the Fish: none but Satan made me forget to tell (you) about it: it took its course through the sea in a marvellous way!"

72:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًا

Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened (to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital!

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[originally an int. n.] (S, O, K) and عُجْبٌ , (accord. to the K,) or عَجْبٌ , (accord. to the TA,) Wonder; i. e. a deeming strange, extraordinary, or improbable, what occurs, or presents itself, to one, (K, TA,) on account of being little accustomed to it; (TA;) or [the effect, upon the mind, of] the consideration of a thing with which one is not familiar, and to which one is not accustomed: (IAar, TA:) for a distinction between عَجَبٌ and عَجْبٌ , see 1, in the middle of the paragraph: the pl. of عَجَبٌ [in this sense] is [said to be] أَعْجَابٌ ; (K;) or it has no pl.: (S, O, K:) [this statement correctly applies to عَجَبٌ as an epithet; for as such it is app. used as sing. and pl., being originally an inf. n.:] but El-'Ajjáj has pluralized it, [regarding it in the sense expl. above,] saying, 1 [They mentioned griefs to him who grieved, and they excited wonder to him who wondered]. (O.) يَا لَلْعَجَبِ [may be rendered O case of wonder! but properly] means O wonder come, for this is thy time: and يَا لِلْعَجَبِ [may also be rendered O case of wonder! but properly] means O [people, or the like, come] to wonder; the noun signifying the invoked being suppressed. (Har p. 27.) ذَكَرْنَ أَشْجَابًا لِمَنْ تَشَجَّبَا | وَهِجْنَ أَعْجَابًا لِمَنْ تَعَجَّبَا It is also an epithet applied to a thing, an affair, an event, or a case; one says أَمْرٌ عَجَبٌ [A wonderful thing or affair &c.]; and so عَجِيبٌ [which is more common in this sense], and عُجَابٌ , and عُجَّابٌ : or عَجِيبٌ is syn. with عَجَبٌ ; but عُجَابٌ signifies more than عَجَبٌ : (K:) or عُجَابٌ is syn. with عَجِيبٌ , (S, O,) which signifies a thing, (S, O, Msb,) or an affair, or event, or a case, (S, O,) wondered at; (S, O, Msb, TA;) or inducing wonder, or admiration, and pleasure, or joy; or pleasing, or rejoicing; syn. مُعْجِبٌ ; (TA;) and عُجَّابٌ ; signifies more than عَجَبٌ : (S, O, TA:) [it is said that] عَجَبٌ has no pl.; [app. meaning when it is used as an epithet, as observed above;] nor has عَجِيبٌ ; (S, O, K;) or the pl. of this is عَجَائِبُ [respecting which see عَجِيبَةٌ ]; (S, O, K;) like as أَفَائِلُ is pl. of أَفِيلٌ ; and تَبَائِعُ , of تَبِيعٌ . (S, O.) [Being originally an inf. n., it is used alike as masc. and fem.:] one says قِصَّةٌ عَجَبٌ [meaning A wonderful story: and for the same reason, it may, as an epithet, be also used alike as sing. and pl.: like عَدْلٌ &c.]. (O.) [It is also used as a subst. in a pl. sense, signifying Wonders, as meaning wonderful things; like the pl. عَجَائِبُ , &c.; and it may be similarly used in a sing. sense for شَىْءٌ عَجَبٌ or أَمْرٌ عَجَبٌ : but when used as a subst. in the pl. sense expl. above, it seems to be regarded by some as a coll. gen. n., of which عَجَبَةٌ is the n. un.; for] one says, مَا فُلَانٌ إِلَّا عَجَبَةٌ مِنَ العَجَبِ [Such a one is none other than a wonder of wonders]. (A, TA.) [Hence, also,] أَبُو العَجَبِ [lit. The father of wonders] is a surname of Fortune. (TA.) And it signifies also The practiser of legerdemain, or sleight-of-hand; syn. الشَّعْوَذِىُّ , (A, TA,) or المُشَعْوِذُ : (Eth-Tha'álibee, TA in شعذ :) and any one who does wonderful things. (A, TA.) And a poet says, 1 [for يَا أَعْجَبُ عَجَبًا O, I wonder greatly, lit. with wondering, at fortune that is ever attended with wonders]. (TA.) [See also عَجِيبَةٌ .] يَا عَجَبًا لِلدَّهْرِ ذِى الأَعْجَابِ Also The quality, in a she-camel, that is denoted by the epithet عَجْبَآءُ [fem. of أَعْجَبُ , q. v.]; and so عُجْبَةٌ . (O.)

Nounعُجْبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a certain quality in a she-camelgenerated

See the end of the preceding entry.

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: see the last preceding sentence.

Nounعَجَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the bone at the lowest part of the spine, at the rumpgenerated

See عَجَبٌ, in the last quarter of that entry.

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: see عَجَبٌ , last quarter.

Nounعُجَابٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — wonderful, exceedingly wonderfulgenerated

See عَجَبٌ, in three places near the middle of that entry.

1.1

And see also عَاجِبٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences عُجَاب

38:5

أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ

"Has he made the gods (all) into one Allah? Truly this is a wonderful thing!"

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: see عَجَبٌ , in three places, near the middle of the paragraph: and see also عَاجِبٌ .

Nounعَجِيبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — wonderful; loved, an object of lovegenerated

See عَجَبٌ, in four places near the middle of that entry.

1.1

Also: loved, beloved, or an object of love. So in the following verse, cited by Th:

shāhid

وَمَا البُخْلُ يَنْهَانِى وَلَا الجُودُ قَادَنِىوَلٰكِنَّهَا ضَرْبٌ إِلَىَّ عَجِيبٌ

[And neither does niggardliness forbid me nor liberality lead me; but she is a sort of person who, to me, is an object of love.]

By قَادَنِى the poet means يَقُودُنِى.

Qur’ānic occurrences عَجِيب

11:72

قَالَتْ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَـٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا ۖ إِنَّ هَـٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

She said: "Alas for me! shall I bear a child, seeing I am an old woman, and my husband here is an old man? That would indeed be a wonderful thing!"

50:2

بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرُونَ هَـٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

But they wonder that there has come to them a Warner from among themselves. So the Unbelievers say: "This is a wonderful thing!

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: see عَجَبٌ , in four places, near the middle of the paragraph. Also Loved, beloved, or an object of love: so in the following verse, cited by Th: 1 [And neither does niggardliness forbid me nor liberality lead me; but she is a sort of person, to me, an object of love]: by قَادَنِى , the poet means يَقُودُنِى . (L, TA.) وَمَا البُخْلُ يَنْهَانِى وَلَا الجُودُ قَادَنِى | وَلٰكِنَّهَا ضَرْبٌ إِلَىَّ عَجِيبٌ

Nounعَجِيبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wonderful thing, a thing at which one wondersgenerated

1a wonderful thing; a thing at which one wonders—أُعْجُوبَةٌ

[The plural of the first, according to modern usage, is عَجَائِبُ, mentioned above as plural of عَجَبٌ; and] أَعَاجِيبُ seems to be the plural of أُعْجُوبَةٌ, just as أَحَادِيثُ is the plural of أُحْدُوثَةُ.

تَعَاجِيبُ means wonderful things, synonymous with عَجَائِبُ; it is a word [of a rare form, see تَبَاشِيرُ] having no proper singular, like تَعَاشِيبُ, which the author of the "Námoos" wrongly thought was most probably a mistake for أَعَاجِيبُ.

A poet says:

shāhid

وَمَنْ تَعَاجِيبِ خَلْقِ ٱللّٰهِ غَاطِيَةٌيُعْصَرُ مِنْهَا مُلَاحِىٌّ وَغِرْبِيبُ

[And among the wonderful things of God's creation is a grape-vine covering the ground (so غَاطِيَةٌ is explained by IB), from which grapes of the kinds called ملاحىّ and غربيب are pressed for making wine.]

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(K) and أُعْجُوبَةٌ (S, O, K) A wonderful thing; a thing at which one wonders: (S, O, K: *) [the pl. of the former, accord. to modern usage, is عَجَائِبُ , mentioned above as pl. of عَجَبٌ : and] أَعَاجِيبُ seems to be pl. of أُعْجُوبَةٌ , like as أَحَادِيثُ is pl. of أُحْدُوثَةُ : (S, O:) and تَعَاجِيبُ signifies wonderful things; syn. عَجَائِبُ ; (S, O, K;) and is a word [of a rare form, (see تَبَاشِيرُ ,)] having no proper sing., (S, O,) like تَعَاشِيبُ ; (O;) erroneously thought by the author of the “ Námoos ” [on the Kámoos] to be most probably a mistake for أَعَاجِيبُ : (TA:) a poet says, 1 [And of the wonderful things of God's creation is a grape-vine covering the ground (so غَاطِيَةٌ is expl. by IB), whereof grapes of the kinds called ملاحىّ and غربيب are pressed for making wine]. (S, O.) وَمَنْ تَعَاجِيبِ خَلْقِ ٱللّٰهِ غَاطِيَةٌ | يُعْصَرُ مِنْهَا مُلَاحِىٌّ وَغِرْبِيبُ

Nounعُجَّابٌ1 sense

Core sense — wonderful, exceedingly wonderfulgenerated

See عَجَبٌ, near the middle of that entry, in two places.

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: see عَجَبٌ , near the middle of the paragraph, in two places.

Nounعَجَبٌ عَاجِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — very wonderful, admirable, or pleasinggenerated

[Meaning: very wonderful, or admirable, or pleasing.]

It is like لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ, the second word being a strengthener of the first; and one says in the same way عَجَبٌ عُجَابٌ.

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[meaning Very wonderful or admirable or pleasing] (S, O, K) is like لَيْلٌ لَائِلٌ , the latter word being a corroborative of the former; (S, O;) and one says also [in like manner] عَجَبٌ عُجَابٌ . (K.)

Nounأَعْجَبُ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — more, or most, wonderful; a thick, coarse camelgenerated

[More, and most, wonderful, or admirable, or pleasing.]

1.1a female wondered at for her beauty, and also for her ugliness—عَجْبَآءُ

The feminine form.

Also, that is the masculine form: a thick, or big, or coarse camel; and so too the feminine, applied to a she-camel. Or, so applied, thick in the عَجْب [or root, and the like,] of the tail; or having the hinder part, or the upper portion of that part, narrow, and the جَاعِرَتَانِ [q. v.] prominent. The kind of make so specified is ugly.

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[More, and most, wonderful or admirable or pleasing]. [And the fem.] عَجْبَآءُ signifies A female wondered at for her beauty: and also, for her ugliness. (O, K.) Also, i. e. the former, A thick, or big, or coarse, camel. (O, K. *) And so the fem. applied to a she-camel: (O, K:) or, so applied, thick in the عَجْب [or root, &c.,] of the tail: (TA:) or whereof the hinder part, (O, K,) or the upper portion of that part, (L, TA,) is narrow, and whereof the جَاعِرَتَانِ [q. v.] are prominent: (O, L, K, TA:) the kind of make thus particularized is ugly. (TA.)

Nounأُعْجُوبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a wonderful thing, a thing at which one wondersgenerated

See عَجِيبَةٌ.

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: see عَجِيبَةٌ .

Nounرَجُلٌ تِعْجَابَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man of wonders, or wonderful thingsgenerated

A man of wonders, or wonderful things — literally, one possessing or endowed with wonders.

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A man of (lit. having, possessing, or endowed with,) wonders, or wonderful things. (O, K, TA.)

Nounتَعَاجِيبُ1 sense

Core sense — wonderful thingsgenerated

A plural without a singular. See عَجِيبَةٌ.

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, a pl. without a sing.: see عَجِيبَةٌ .

Nounمُعْجَبٌ بِنَفْسِهِ1 sense

Core sense — admiring himself, self-conceited, vain or proud of his own opiniongenerated

1[admiring himself, or pleased with himself and his opinion or judgment; self-conceited, and conceited of his opinion; or] vain, or proud, of it—بِرَأْيِهِ

مُعْجَبٌ means a man vain, or proud, of what proceeds from him, whether good or bad, and of himself, or of something belonging to him, such as his dress or his wealth.

But Er-Rāghib makes a distinction between مُعْجَبٌ and تَائِهٌ: he says that the معجب believes himself as regards the opinion or judgment he forms of himself only undecidedly, on evidence outweighed in probability, [so that it denotes conceit rather than vanity,] whereas the تائه believes himself decisively.

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, and بِرَأْيِهِ , [Admiring himself, (lit. excited to admiration by himself,) or pleased with himself, and his opinion, or judgment; selfconceited, and conceited of his opinion or judgment,] (S, O, TA,) [or] vain, or proud, [thereof; for] مُعْجَبٌ signifies a man vain, or proud, of what proceeds from him, whether good or bad, and of himself, or of a thing [belonging to him, such as his dress or wealth &c.]: but Er-Rághib makes a distinction between مُعْجَبٌ and تَائِهٌ ; saying that the معجب believes himself with respect to the opinion or judgment that he forms of himself indecisively from evidence outweighed in probability; [so that it rather denotes conceit than vanity;] whereas the تائه believes himself decisively. (MF, TA.)

Nounمُعْجِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — inducing wonder or admiration; very good, or beautifulgenerated

[Inducing wonder, or admiration, and the like.] See عَجَبٌ, in the middle of that entry.

Or a thing that is very good, or goodly, or beautiful.

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[Inducing wonder, or admiration, &c.]: see عَجَبٌ , in the middle of the paragraph: [or] a thing that is very good or goodly or beautiful. (TA.)