nunation

Or nun·na·tion

[nuh-ney-shuhn]

noun

Arabic Grammar.

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

Other Word Forms

• nunated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of nunation¹

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