عجب

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ع ج ب (ʕ j b)
7 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

عَجِبَ (ʕajiba) I (non-past يَعْجَبُ (yaʕjabu), verbal noun عَجَب (ʕajab))

  1. to wonder, to marvel, to be astonished, to be amazed
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕad͡ʒ.d͡ʒa.ba/

Verb

عَجَّبَ (ʕajjaba) II (non-past يُعَجِّبُ (yuʕajjibu), verbal noun تَعْجِيب (taʕjīb))

  1. to strike with wonder, to strike with astonishment, to surprise
Conjugation

Etymology 1.3

عُجْب

Pronunciation

Noun

عُجْب (ʕujbm

  1. pride, vanity, conceit
    Synonyms: كِبْر (kibr), زَهْو (zahw), غُرُور (ḡurūr)
Declension

Etymology 1.4

عَجَب

Pronunciation

Noun

عَجَب (ʕajabm (plural أَعْجَاب (ʔaʕjāb))

  1. verbal noun of عَجِبَ (ʕajiba) (form I)
  2. wonder, marvel, astonishment, amazement
Declension

Adjective

عَجَب (ʕajab)

  1. wonderful, marvelous
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 72:1:
      قُلْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ الْجِنِّ فَقَالُوا إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا
      qul ʔūḥiya ʔilayya ʔannahu stamaʕa nafarun mina l-jinni faqālū ʔinnā samiʕnā qurʔānan ʕajaban
      Say, "It has been revealed to me that a team of the jinn listened and they said, 'We have indeed heard a wonderful Qurʾān.'"
Declension
Descendants

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ج ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic أَعْجَبَ (ʔaʕjaba).

Pronunciation

Verb

عَجَب (ʕajab) I (non-past يِعْجِب (yiʕjib))

  1. to like
  2. to be astonished, to be amazed

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عجب (ʕajab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عجبت (ʕajabt) عجبت (ʕajabt) عجب (ʕajab) عجبنا (ʕajabna) عجبتوا (ʕajabtu) عجبوا (ʕajabu)
f عجبتي (ʕajabti) عجبت (ʕajabat)
non-past m أعجب (ʔaʕjib) تعجب (tiʕjib) يعجب (yiʕjib) نعجب (niʕjib) تعجبوا (tiʕjibu) يعجبوا (yiʕjibu)
f تعجبي (tiʕjibi) تعجب (tiʕjib)
imperative m اعجب (aʕjib) اعجبوا (aʕjibu)
f اعجبي (aʕjibi)

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic عَجَب (ʕajab).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ajaḇ
Dari reading? ajab
Iranian reading? ajab
Tajik reading? ajab

Noun

عَجَب ('ajab)

  1. wonder, marvel, astonishment, amazement

Interjection

عَجَب ('ajab)

  1. what a wonder, how strange, amazing
    • 1177, Farīd ud-Dīn ʿAṭṭār, منطق الطیر [The Conference of the Birds], volumes lines 733—737:
      ابتدای کار سیمرغ ای عجب، جلوه‌گر بگذشت بر چین نیم شب، در میان چین فتاد از وی پری، لاجرم پر شور شد هر کشوری.
      ebtedâ-ye kâr-e simorğ ey 'ajab, jelow-gar be-gozašt bar čin nim-šab, dar miyân-e čin fatâd az vey par-i, lâ-jaram por-šur šod har kešvar-i.
      The beginning of affair of the Simorgh, oh how wondrous! It passed in China in full splendor one midnight, and a feather fell from it in the middle of China. Consequently, each country became ardent .

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic عُجْب (ʕujb).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ujb
Dari reading? ujb
Iranian reading? ojb
Tajik reading? ujb

Noun

عُجب ('ojb)

  1. pride, vanity, conceit

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ج ب
3 terms

Alternative forms

  • أعجب (ʔaʕjab) (MSA-influenced form)

Etymology 1

From Arabic أَعْجَبَ (ʔaʕjaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.ʒab/, ,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

عجب (ʕajab) I (present بعجب (biʕjeb), active participle عاجب (ʕājeb))

  1. to amaze, to impress
  2. (by extension, transitive) to be pleasing
    Synonym: جنّن (jannan)
    عجبتني كتير اغنيتها.
    ʕajbatni ktīr oḡnyetha.
    I really liked her song.
    (literally, “Her song was very pleasing to me.”)
    مش عاجبهم الشغل معها.
    miš ʕājebhom iš-šoḡol maʕha.
    They don't like working with her.
    (literally, “Work with her is not pleasing to them.”)
Usage notes
  • Pragmatically, this verb means "to like", with the agent grammatically expressed as the object of pleasure; this construction is analogous to the Spanish verb "gustar".
Conjugation
    Conjugation of عجب (ʕajab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عجبت (ʕajabt) عجبت (ʕajabt) عجب (ʕajab) عجبنا (ʕajabna) عجبتو (ʕajabtu) عجبو (ʕajabu)
f عجبتي (ʕajabti) عجبت (ʕajbat)
present m بعجب (baʕjib) بتعجب (btiʕjib) بعجب (biʕjib) منعجب (mniʕjib) بتعجبو (btiʕjibu) بعجبو (biʕjibu)
f بتعجبي (btiʕjibi) بتعجب (btiʕjib)
subjunctive m أعجب (ʔaʕjib) تعجب (tiʕjib) يعجب (yiʕjib) نعجب (niʕjib) تعجبو (tiʕjibu) يعجبو (yiʕjibu)
f تعجبي (tiʕjibi) تعجب (tiʕjib)
imperative m اعجب (iʕjib) اعجبو (iʕjibu)
f اعجبي (iʕjibi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَجَّبَ (ʕajjaba).

Pronunciation

Verb

عجّب (ʕajjab) II (present بعجّب (biʕajjeb))

  1. to amaze, to surprise, to astonish
Conjugation
    Conjugation of عجّب (ʕajjab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عجّبت (ʕajjabt) عجّبت (ʕajjabt) عجّب (ʕajjab) عجّبنا (ʕajjabna) عجّبتو (ʕajjabtu) عجّبو (ʕajjabu)
f عجّبتي (ʕajjabti) عجّبت (ʕajjabat)
present m بعجّب (baʕajjeb) بتعجّب (bitʕajjeb) بعجّب (biʕajjeb) منعجّب (minʕajjeb) بتعجّبو (bitʕajjbu) بعجّبو (biʕajjbu)
f بتعجّبي (bitʕajjbi) بتعجّب (bitʕajjeb)
subjunctive m اعجّب (aʕajjeb) تعجّب (tʕajjeb) يعجّب (yʕajjeb) نعجّب (nʕajjeb) تعجّبو (tʕajjbu) يعجّبو (yʕajjbu)
f تعجّبي (tʕajjbi) تعجّب (tʕajjeb)
imperative m عجّب (ʕajjeb) عجّبو (ʕajjbu)
f عجّبي (ʕajjbi)