denb

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛmp/

Noun

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?

     For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?

   • 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

Inflection of denb

		singular		plural
		m	f
singular	1st person	denbi		denbna
	2nd person	denbek		denbkom
	3rd person	denbu	denbha	denbhom
plural	1st person	{{{3}}}i		{{{3}}}na
	2nd person	{{{3}}}ek		{{{3}}}kom
	3rd person	{{{3}}}u	{{{3}}}ha	{{{3}}}hom

Derived terms

• denb id-dib Afrikan
• denb id-dib bagħal
• denb id-dib ħadra
• denb id-dib lixx
• denb id-dib tal-qsari
• denb id-dib tal-ward ħamrani
• denb id-dib ta’ tliet kuluri
• denb id-dib vjola kbir
• denb id-dib vjola żgħir
• denb id-dib xewwikija
• denb il-fenek
• denb il-ġurdien
• denb il-ġurdien it-twil
• denb il-ħaruf abjad
• denb il-ħaruf isfar
• denb il-kelb
• denb il-kelb xewwieki
• denb il-liebru
• denb il-liebru kbir
• denb il-liebru tax-xatt
• denb il-liebru żgħir
• denb il-qattus
• denb iż-żiemel