nunation

n. [语]词尾加"n"(如阿拉伯语某些名词的词尾变化)

发音

US /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/
UK /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/

词形变化

nunations 复数 nunations

别名

nunnation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    In Akkadian, the use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms.

    可数 不可数

词源

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).

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