nunation

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Etymology

nun +‎ -ation. See nun (“Semitic letter”).

Noun

nunation (plural nunations)

  1. (linguistics) The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective in standard Arabic. It is written as a diacritic over the final letter.
    نَهْرٌ‎ (nahr-un, “a river”)
    مَلِكٌ‎ (malik-un, “a king”)
  2. (linguistics) The use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms in Akkadian.

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References
  • Abboud, Peter F., Ernest N. McCarus, et al. (1983): Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 1: Pronunciation and Writing; Lessons 1-30, Cambridge University Press, p. 110-1. →ISBN.
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