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يَعْجَبُ please in Arabic

يَعْجَبُ is how you say “please” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

قُلْتُ وَمَا زَالَ الْعُلَمَاءُ وَالْفُضَلَاءُ يَعْجَبُهُمْ الْمِلْحُ،

I said: The scholars and the men of distinction have always liked wit.

يَعْجَبُهُمْ pleases them

A present-tense verb ending in -hum 'them', and it works the reverse of English: the wit is what pleases, while 'them' (the scholars) are the ones pleased and ride as the object suffix. So the grammatical subject is the wit, not the people.

From Permissible Laughter and Conduct

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More example sentences

وَيَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ الْكَلِمَةَ الْحَكِيمَةَ فَيَعْجَبُ مِنْهُ

He hears the wise word from him and is amazed by him.

فَيَعْجَبُ so he is amazed

The connector 'fa-' (so/then) on a present-tense verb, 'is amazed', with the 'he' subject in its prefix. Under the same habitual frame the present reads as 'would be amazed'. Here 'fa-' marks this as the natural result of hearing the wise words, his wonder following on from the listening.

From Luqman's Wisdom and Trial

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