عَجِيبَةٌ

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عَجِيبَةٌ and أُعْجُوبَةٌ A wonderful thing; a thing at which one wonders: [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: and تَعَاجِيبُ signifies wonderful things; syn. عَجَائِبُ; and is a word [of a rare form, (see تَبَاشِيرُ,)] having no proper sing., like تَعَاشِيبُ; erroneously thought by the author of the “ Námoos ” [on the Kámoos] to be most probably a mistake for أَعَاجِيبُ: a poet says, وَمَنْ تَعَاجِيبِ خَلْقِ ٱللّٰهِ غَاطِيَةٌ يُعْصَرُ مِنْهَا مُلَاحِىٌّ وَغِرْبِيبُ [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].

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