Arabic vocabulary
عَجِبُواthey were astonished in Arabic
عَجِبُوا is how you say “they were astonished” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
فَعَجِبُوا مِنْ جُرْأَةِ إِبْنِهِ فَنَكَسُوا رُؤُوسَهُمْ
They were astonished at his son's audacity, so they bowed their heads.
فَعَجِبُوا — so they were astonished. Consecutive fa- ('and so') on a past-tense verb with the plural 'they' in its ending. The fa- ties the astonishment to the blow just struck.
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