Arabic

Noun

مُذَنَّب • ‎(muḏannab) m ‎(plural مُذَنَّبَات ‎(muḏannabāt))

1. comet

Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of أَذْنَبَ ‎(ʾaḏnaba, “to be guilty, to commit a crime, to sin”), from the root ذ ن ب ‎(ḏ-n-b).

Adjective

مُذْنِب • ‎(muḏnib) ‎(feminine مُذْنِبَة ‎(muḏniba), masculine plural مُذْنِبُون ‎(muḏnibūn))

1. guilty

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذنب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Noun

مُذْنِب • ‎(muḏnib) m ‎(plural مُذْنِبُون ‎(muḏnibūn))

1. criminal
2. sinner

Declension

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “ذنب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4