nunnation

[nuh-ney-shuh n] /nʌˈneɪ ʃən/

noun

nunation.

Related forms

nunnated, adjective

nunation

[nuh-ney-shuh n] /nʌˈneɪ ʃən/

noun, Arabic Grammar.

the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.

Origin of nunation

< New Latin nunnātiōn- (stem of nunnātiō), equivalent to nūn (< Arabic; see nūn) + -ātiōn- -ation

Related forms

nunated, adjective

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This nunnation, fairly common in C, rare in O, is marked here by round brackets.

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