Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
nunnation .
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- noun grammar A
suffix ("-n") signifying a lack ofsyntactical definiteness of thenoun oradjective in standardArabic . It is written as a diacritic over the final letter.
Etymologies
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nun + -ation. See nun ("Semitic letter").
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Examples
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And, there is throughout the novel odd verbings of nouns and nunation of adjectives.
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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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