Rizwan Zubair

Root ع ج ب ʿ-j-b

Quranic citations in this entry: 3 · اردو

ع ج بʿ-j-b

(س) عَجِبَ يَعْجَبُ عَجَبًاʿajiba yaʿjabu ʿajaban: to be astonished; to wonder.

عَجَبٌʿajab (verbal noun (maṣdar), also used as an adjective): astonishing, wondrous. ﴿وَاِنْ تَعْجَبْ فَعَجَبٌ قَوْلُهُمْ﴾ (Ar-Raʿd 13:5)

عُجَابٌʿujāb (intensive form, ṣīghat al-mubālaghah): most wondrous. ﴿اِنَّ هٰذَا لَشَيْءٌ عُجَابٌ﴾ (Ṣād 38:5)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَعْجَبَ يُعْجِبُ اِعْجَابًاaʿjaba yuʿjibu iʿjāban: to fill someone with wonder; to seem attractive, to please. ﴿وَلَوْ اَعْجَبَكَ حُسْنُهُنَّ﴾ (Al-Aḥzāb 33:52)

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَعَجَّبَ يَتَعَجَّبُ تَعَجُّبًاtaʿajjaba yataʿajjabu taʿajjuban: to be amazed at something; to wonder (this verb is not used in the Quran).

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