nunation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From nun (“Semitic letter”) + -ation, after Arabic تَنْوِين (tanwīn), verbal noun of نَوَّنَ (nawwana, literally “to nunate, nunify”), derived from the letter name نُون (nūn).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.
- (countable, uncountable) In Akkadian, the use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nunations | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| nunnation | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (9)
ru танви́н (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · ru нуна́ция (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · tr nunlama (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · de Nunation (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · pt nunação (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · de Nunierung (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · ar تَنْوِين (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · es nunación (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin) · fr nunation (suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin)