يَعْجَبُplease in Arabic

Example sentences

• 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 →

• 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 →