dnub

• IPA^(key): /ˈdnuːp/

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).

dnub m (plural dnubiet or dnubijiet)

1. sin
2. moral guilt

See the lemma.

dnub

1. plural of denb (“tail”)