midneb

Maltese

Root
d-n-b
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مُذْنِب (muḏnib, “sinner, wrongdoer”). The plural midinbin is regular: The unstressed -e- is deleted, yielding *midnbin, where the -n- needs an epenthetic -i- because sonorants cannot stand between two other consonants. Compare the same in mislem, misilmin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪd.nɛp/

Noun

midneb m (plural midinbin, feminine midinba)

1. sinner