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mimation

Definitions

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  • noun linguistics The addition of an -m suffix to the vocalic case markers (/a/, /i/ and /u/) in Semitic languages, especially Akkadian.

Etymologies

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From Arabic ميم (the Arabic letter corresponding to M) +‎ -ation, after nunation.

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Examples

  • I find it striking that seven somehow retained its mimation while 3 and 6 didn't.

    A list of possible Proto-Semitic loanwords in PIE 2008

  • Phoenix: "I find it striking that seven somehow retained its mimation while 3 and 6 didn't."

    A list of possible Proto-Semitic loanwords in PIE 2008

  • PIE *septm̥ is grammatically unanalysable in PIE and retains fossilization of Proto-Semitic morphology i.e. the root *sab`-, the feminine *-t- and mimation leading any rational person to the simplest conclusion that Semitic contacts in Pre-IE must have existed.

    Enticed by a drunken thought 2008

  • The linguist will be interested in an observation by Skinner to the effect that "the endings -- an and -- on in this list point to a primitive nunation, as contrasted with sporadic cases of mimation in the Edomite names" (cf.

    Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942

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