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مُذْنِب
guilty /ˈmuð.nib/
adjectiveB1#1627 most common
Also: culpable, sinner, offender
Example sentences
هو مُذْنِب.
He is guilty.
أنا لستُ مُذْنِباً.
I am not guilty.
وجدت المحكمة أنه مُذْنِب.
The court found him guilty.
شعر بأنه مُذْنِب بعد أن كذب على والده.
He felt guilty after he lied to his father.
كل مُذْنِب يستحق فرصة للتوبة وإصلاح ما أفسده.
Every guilty person deserves a chance to repent and fix what he has spoiled.
رغم الأدلة الدامغة، أصرّ المتهم على أنه ليس مُذْنِباً بأي تهمة وُجِّهت إليه.
Despite the conclusive evidence, the accused insisted that he was not guilty of any charge brought against him.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُذْنِبٌ | مُذْنِبُونَ |
| Genitive | مُذْنِبٍ | مُذْنِبِينَ |
| Accusative | مُذْنِباً | مُذْنِبِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُذْنِبُ | يا مُذْنِبُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root dh-n-b, which carries the sense of sin, fault, or crime. It is the active participle of the Form IV verb ʾadhnaba, meaning to commit a sin or to do wrong. The noun dhanb, meaning sin or fault, shares the same root.
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