Arabic vocabulary
How to say “astonishing” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
فوا عجبا كَيفَ صالحته وَتَرَكتنَا
Oh, how astonishing that you reconciled with him and left Us.
عَجَبًا — how astonishing. A noun 'wonder / astonishment' in the accusative ('-an' tanwin) as the thing exclaimed over — 'what a wonder!'. The accusative is the mark of this lament-construction.
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