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Noun [Maltese]

IPA: /dɛmp/
Rhymes: -ɛmp Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ḏanab- Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab) Maltese denb Inherited from Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab). Etymology templates: {{ety|mt|:inh|ar:ذَنَب<id:tail>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ḏanab- Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab) Maltese denb [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" }, { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ذ ن ب", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword" : "root", "is_invisible" : "all" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Arabic", "term" : "ذَنَب", "lang" : "ar" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Maltese", "term" : "denb", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "mt" }" data-lang="mt" data-title="denb"> Inherited from Arabic ذَنَب (ḏanab). Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=m|p=dnub}} denb m (plural dnub) Forms: dnub [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], denbi [first-person, singular], denbna [first-person, singular], denbek [second-person, singular], denbkom [second-person, singular], denbu [masculine, singular, third-person], denbha [feminine, singular, third-person], denbhom [singular, third-person], demb [alternative, nonstandard, pronunciation-spelling]
  1. (anatomy) tail Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-denb-mt-noun-DGL4du8d Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. (figurative) something added at the end, e.g. a grammatical ending, suffix Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-denb-mt-noun-HIp5kPq3 Categories (other): Maltese entries with etymology texts, Maltese entries with etymology trees, Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of Maltese entries with etymology texts: 36 64 Disambiguation of Maltese entries with etymology trees: 36 64 Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 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

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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