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nun⋅a⋅tion

[nuh-ney-shuhn]
–noun Arabic Grammar.
the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
Also, nunnation.


Origin:
< NL nunnātiōn- (s. of nunnātiō), equiv. to nūn (< Ar; see nūn ) + -ātiōn- -ation


nun⋅a⋅ted, adjective
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