Arabic vocabulary
How to say “how astonishing” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
وَاعجَبا لمن يَدعِي الْمحبَّة وَيحْتَاج إِلَى من يذكرهُ بمحبوبه
How astonishing it is for someone who claims love and needs someone to remind them of their beloved.
وَاعَجَبَا — and how astonishing. The 'wa' of lament fused with 'a wonder' — the cry 'oh, the wonder!'. The added '-a' is the vocative-of-grief ending; it opens an exclamation of amazement.
From: Remembering and Loving God →OpenArabic teaches words like واعجبا through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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