عَجَبٌ
Root: عجب
Full Definition
عَجَبٌ
[originally an int. n.] and
عُجْبٌ , or
عَجْبٌ , Wonder; i. e. a deeming strange, extraordinary, or improbable, what occurs, or presents itself, to one, on account of being little accustomed to it; 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: 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; or it has no pl.: [this statement correctly applies to عَجَبٌ as an epithet; for as such it is app. used as sing. and pl., being originally an Verbal.Noun:] but El-'Ajjáj has pluralized it, [regarding it in the sense expl. above,] saying,
def.2 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: or عُجَابٌ is syn. with عَجِيبٌ , which signifies 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; syn. مُعْجِبٌ ; and عُجَّابٌ ; signifies more than عَجَبٌ: [it is said that] عَجَبٌ has no pl.; [app. meaning when it is used as an epithet, as observed above;] nor has عَجِيبٌ ; or the pl. of this is عَجَائِبُ [respecting which see عَجِيبَةٌ]; like as أَفَائِلُ is pl. of أَفِيلٌ; and تَبَائِعُ, of تَبِيعٌ. [Being originally an Verbal.Noun, 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.].
2 [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]. [Hence, also,] أَبُو العَجَبِ [lit. The father of wonders] is a surname of Fortune. And it signifies also The practiser of legerdemain, or sleight-of-hand; syn. الشَّعْوَذِىُّ, or المُشَعْوِذُ: (Eth-Tha'álibee, TA in شعذ:) and any one who does wonderful things. And a poet says,
def.3 Also The quality, in a she-camel, that is denoted by the epithet عَجْبَآءُ [fem. of أَعْجَبُ, q. v.]; and so عُجْبَةٌ .
[They mentioned griefs to him who grieved, and they excited wonder to him who wondered]. 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.ذَكَرْنَ أَشْجَابًا لِمَنْ تَشَجَّبَا وَهِجْنَ أَعْجَابًا لِمَنْ تَعَجَّبَا
def.2 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: or عُجَابٌ is syn. with عَجِيبٌ , which signifies 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; syn. مُعْجِبٌ ; and عُجَّابٌ ; signifies more than عَجَبٌ: [it is said that] عَجَبٌ has no pl.; [app. meaning when it is used as an epithet, as observed above;] nor has عَجِيبٌ ; or the pl. of this is عَجَائِبُ [respecting which see عَجِيبَةٌ]; like as أَفَائِلُ is pl. of أَفِيلٌ; and تَبَائِعُ, of تَبِيعٌ. [Being originally an Verbal.Noun, 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.].
2 [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]. [Hence, also,] أَبُو العَجَبِ [lit. The father of wonders] is a surname of Fortune. And it signifies also The practiser of legerdemain, or sleight-of-hand; syn. الشَّعْوَذِىُّ, or المُشَعْوِذُ: (Eth-Tha'álibee, TA in شعذ:) and any one who does wonderful things. And a poet says,
[for يَا أَعْجَبُ عَجَبًا O, I wonder greatly, lit. with wondering, at fortune that is ever attended with wonders]. [See also عَجِيبَةٌ.]يَا عَجَبًا لِلدَّهْرِ ذِى الأَعْجَابِ
def.3 Also The quality, in a she-camel, that is denoted by the epithet عَجْبَآءُ [fem. of أَعْجَبُ, q. v.]; and so عُجْبَةٌ .
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