denb
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
denb m (plural dnub)
- (anatomy) tail
- 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.
- (figurative) something added at the end, e.g. a grammatical ending, suffix
Inflection edit
| Inflected forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
singular | plural | |
| m | f | ||
| 1st person | denbi | denbna | |
| 2nd person | denbek | denbkom | |
| 3rd person | denbu | denbha | denbhom |
Derived terms edit
- 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