dnub
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Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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d-n-b |
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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[edit]
dnub m (plural dnubiet or dnubijiet)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the lemma.
Noun[edit]
dnub