nunation

American  

[nuh-ney-shuhn] / nʌˈneɪ ʃən /

Or nunnation

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.

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Other Word Forms

• nunated
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of nunation

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