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مُنْدَهِش

astonished /mun.daˈhiʃ/

adjectiveB2#3334 most common

Also: amazed, stunned, surprised

Example sentences

هُوَ مُنْدَهِشٌ.
He is astonished.
أَنَا مُنْدَهِشٌ مِنْ هَذَا الخَبَرِ.
I am astonished by this news.
كَانَتْ مُنْدَهِشَةً عِنْدَمَا رَأَتِ الهَدِيَّةَ.
She was astonished when she saw the gift.
بَدَا الطُّلَّابُ مُنْدَهِشِينَ مِنْ نَتَائِجِ الاِمْتِحَانِ.
The students looked astonished at the exam results.
وَقَفَ الجُمْهُورُ مُنْدَهِشًا مِنْ بَرَاعَةِ العَازِفِ فِي الحَفْلِ المُوسِيقِيِّ.
The audience stood astonished at the musician's skill during the concert.
لَمْ يَسْتَطِعِ العُلَمَاءُ إِخْفَاءَ كَوْنِهِمْ مُنْدَهِشِينَ مِنَ النَّتَائِجِ غَيْرِ المُتَوَقَّعَةِ الَّتِي كَشَفَتْهَا التَّجْرِبَةُ.
The scientists could not hide that they were astonished by the unexpected results the experiment revealed.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُنْدَهِشٌمُنْدَهِشُونَ
Genitiveمُنْدَهِشٍمُنْدَهِشِينَ
Accusativeمُنْدَهِشًامُنْدَهِشِينَ
Vocativeيَا مُنْدَهِشُيَا مُنْدَهِشُونَ

Word family

دَهْشَةastonishment, amazement
أَدْهَشَto astonish, to amaze someone
مُدْهِشastonishing, amazing
اِنْدِهَاشthe state of being astonished

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root د ه ش (d-h-sh), which carries the sense of bewilderment or being dazzled with amazement. مُنْدَهِش is the active participle of the Form VII verb اِنْدَهَشَ (indahasha), meaning to become astonished. Form VII in Arabic typically marks a reflexive or passive state, so the word literally describes someone who has entered a state of astonishment.

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