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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab).
Pronunciation
Noun
denb m (plural dnub)
- (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?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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
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