sin

Noun

Singular sin

Plural sins

Tilo zunubi

Jam'i zunubai

1. (countable & uncountable) A sin is a bad action that breaks laws or rules, especially religious ones. <> aikin saɓo da ya ƙeta doka ko yin abin da Allah ya haramta ko hana ko ƙin yin abin da ya sa.
   • Synonyms: crime and evil

   32 percent of Catholics said they confess their sins to a priest less than once a year.

   I thought of all the seven deadly sins, pride was the worst for Christians.

   Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.

   When you fight against me, brother, you commit the ultimate sin.

   It is a crime against man and a sin against God!

   This war has shown me that there is sin in human beings.

   Many people only think homosexual sex is a sin, but the attraction to people of the same gender is too.

Related words and phrases

• guilty as sin
• original sin
• seven deadly sins
• sinful

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) sin

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) sins

Past tense (ya wuce) sinned

Past participle (ya wuce) sinned

Present participle (ana cikin yi) sinning

1. yi zalunci