nunation

nunation

English

Alternative forms

• nunnation

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.

Translations

suffix in Arabic

Arabic: تَنْوِين‎ m (tanwīn) French: tanwīn m, nunation f German: Nunation f Japanese: タンウィーン (tanwīn) Persian: تنوین‎ (fa) (tanvin)

Portuguese: nunação f Russian: танви́н m (tanvín), нуна́ция f (nunácija) Tajik: танвин (tanvin) Turkish: nunlama (tr) Uzbek: tanvin (uz)

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.