denb

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Maltese

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Etymology

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From Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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denb m (plural dnub)

  1. (anatomy) tail
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 4:4:
      U l-Mulej qal lil Mosè: Midd idek, u aqbdu minn denbu - u medd idu u qabdu, u sar ħatar f’idu.
      New International Version translation: Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.
  2. (figurative) something added at the end, e.g. a grammatical ending, suffix

Inflection

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    Inflected forms
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
singular plural
m f
1st person denbi denbna
2nd person denbek denbkom
3rd person denbu denbha denbhom

Derived terms

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