dnub

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdnuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Etymology 1

Root
d-n-b
3 terms

From Arabic ذُنُوب (ḏunūb), plural of ذَنْب (ḏanb, “sin, sinful or blameworthy act, blame, moral guilt”). The Arabic plural was reanalysed as a singular, perhaps due to the notion, chiefly (though not exclusively) Christian, of sin as a continuing state, rather than only a repeatable act. For this “state of sin”, Arabic uses خَطِيئة (ḵaṭīʔa) or less often مَعْصِية (maʕṣiya).

Noun

dnub m (plural dnubiet or dnubijiet)

1. sin
2. moral guilt

Related terms

• dineb
• midneb

Etymology 2

See the lemma.

Noun

dnub

1. plural of denb (“tail”)