English → Arabic
guilt in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- dhanb
- Arabizi
dhanb- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- ذُنُوبٌ dhunūb
- Root
- ذ ن ب
How to use it
ذَنْبٌ denotes moral or legal guilt, the feeling of having done something wrong. It is a masculine noun; the plural ذُنُوبٌ is used for multiple offenses.
Example sentences
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شَعَرَ بِذَنْبٍ عَمَلٍ سَيِّئٍ.
shaʿara bi-dhanbin ʿamalin sayyiʾin.
He felt guilt for the bad deed.
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المحاكمةُ أظهرتْ ذَنْبَ المتهمِ.
al-muḥākamaẗu aẓharat dhanba al-muttaḥimi.
The trial showed the defendant's guilt.
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تَحَمَّلَ ذُنُوبَ الماضيِ بصبرٍ.
taḥammala dhunūba al-māḍī bi-ṣabrin.
He endured the guilt of the past with patience.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Sami admitted guilt.
اعترف سامي بالذّنب.
The Limits of German Guilt
حدود الذنب الألماني
Japan’s War Guilt Revisited
اليابان والحرب والشعور بالذنب من جديد
Japan and the Politics of Guilt
اليابان وسياسة الذنب
Sami struggled with feelings of guilt.
كان سامي يصارع مشاعر الذّنب.
But perhaps we should feel some guilt.
ولكن ربما كان من الواجب علينا أن نشعر ببعض الذنب.
We worry about his guilt over her absence.
هل خذلناه مجددًا كسوريين؟
Ours is a guilt culture; theirs a shame culture.
وثقافتنا هي ثقافة الذنب؛ أما ثقافتهم فهي ثقافة العار.
Jewish brutality relieved the burden of wartime guilt.
فقد خففت وحشية اليهود من عبء الذنب في زمن الحرب.
In fact, I think "guilt" is every woman's middle name.
اعتقد ان الذنب هو اسم النساء الاوحد
Residual guilt about the Holocaust bolstered this attitude.
وكانت بقايا الشعور بالذنب إزاء المحرقة من الأسباب التي عززت هذا الموقف.
Mr. Khalilov confessed guilt in the two murders as requested.
واعترف السيد خليلوف بارتكاب الجريمتين على نحو ما طُلب إليه.
Questions and answers
Is ذَنْب used in religious contexts?
Yes, it often appears in Qur'anic verses about sin and repentance.
Can ذَنْب be used for minor mistakes?
It usually refers to serious wrongdoing, but colloquially it can describe lighter faults.
Related words and expressions
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