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عَجِبَ مِنْهُ , (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.) ―
2-b2- [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.] ―
2-b3- 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.) ―
2-b4- 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.) ―
2-b5- 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.] ＝
1-A2- عَجِبَتْ,
inf. n. عَجَبٌ; and عَجُبَتْ; said of a she-camel,
She was, or became, such as is termed عَجْبَآء
(TA.)