nunation
nun·a·tion
nunation · nunations
танвин, нунация
Nunation, Nunierung
In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness…In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.
/nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.
Nunation, Nunierung
танви́нtanvín, нуна́цияnunácija
(countable, uncountable)In Akkadian, the use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
suffix in Arabic — see also tanwin:
Origin
From nun (“Semitic letter”) + -ation, after Arabic تَنْوِين (tanwīn), verbal noun of نَوَّFrom nun (“Semitic letter”) + -ation, after Arabic تَنْوِين (tanwīn), verbal noun of نَوَّنَ (nawwana, literally “to nunate, nunify”), derived from the letter name نُون (nūn).
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Forms
plural: nunationsSynonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable