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dnb, dwnbˀ (dnoḇ, dunḇā) n.m./f. tail
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tail
JLAtg, CPA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA
TgJ Jud15:4↗ וֻקטַר דַנבָא בְרֵיש דַנבָא וְשַוִי בָעוֹרָא חַד בֵין תְרֵי דַנבַיָא בִמצִיעִין‏ : he tied one tail to the top of the other tail and placed a single torch between the tails, in the middle ; CPA(le97) Is 9:14↗ ܘܐܪ̈ܝܡ ܡܪ̈ܐ ܡܢ ܐܣܪ̈ܝܠ ܪ̈ܝܫܐ ܘܕܢܘܒܐ‏ ; JbEd BTr 360.1:9↗ ܡܛܠܡܢܐ ܠܟܠܗܝܢ ܚܝ̈ܘܬܐ ܕܐܪ̈ܒܥܬ ܪ̈ܓܠܐ ܣܛܪ ܡ݂ܢ ܙܥܘܪ ܟܒܪ ܘܠܦܪ̈ܚܬܐ ܐܝܬ ܠܗܝܢ ܕܘܢܒܐ‏ : why do all four-legged animals (perhaps aside from a few and birds) have a tail ; P Job40:17↗ ܙܩ݁ܦ ܕܘܢܒܗ ܐܝܟ ܐܪܙܐ‏ ; BT San 37a(32)↗ השתא קא מותביתו לי בדנבי‏ : you seat me now at (its) end [i.e. of the row] ; PJ Gen37:2↗ דחמנון אכלין בישרא דתליש מן חיוא חייא ית אודניא וית דנבייא‏ : that he saw them eating flesh torn from a live beast: the ears and the tails
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rump
Syr
PsmSup 10b citing Bh N.Hist. ܐܘ݁ܪܘ݁ܦܘ݁ܓܢܘ݁ܢ܃ ܐܘܟܝܬ ܕܘܢܒܐ‏ : ὀρροπῡ́γιον (=rump of a bird or animal), i.e., d'
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end
Syr, Man
P 2S2:23↗ ܒܕܘܢܒܐ ܕܢܝܙܟܐ‏ : with the end of the spear ; Mishqal Ainia 883↗ ḏansa mn šapta hatiqtia ulahuala riša udinba : which he copied from an old parchment which had neither beginning nor end
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of a procedure, finally
Man
Coronation 442↗ ubdinba nimar : let him say at the end
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farthest part
Man
JohnBook 272:1↗ autbun bidnab almia : they set me at the end of the worlds
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part of a mountain
Man
HG 2564↗ dnab ṭura ḏaina ḏmia
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(astron.) with abu-, kukab: comet [Arabic]
Man
AM 233:10↗ utartin dinbiata nihuilẖ : should it (a comet) have two tails ; AM 276:2↗ ˁu biahra ḏkanun ltania abudanab mitahzia : if a comet appears in the month of second Kanun
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LJLA also זונב; זנב ; pl. dwnbyn; Mand dnab; dinba; but danab as an Arabic borrowing for "comet"
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 284[159]DJBA: 344aJastrow: 315Drower/Macuch: 108b 112bJ. Payne-Smith: 87Levy Ch-W: 1:182Tal Sam: 191DCPA[Schulthess]: 92[48]

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