nunation

English

Etymology

nun +‎ -ation. See nun (“Semitic letter”).

Noun

nunation (plural nunations)

1. (grammar) A suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective in standard Arabic. It is written as a diacritic over the final letter.

   نهرٌ (náhr-un), a river

   ملكٌ (málik-un), a king

Translations

nunation (tanwīn)

• Arabic: تنوين (ar) (tanwiin) m
• French: tanwīn (fr) m
• German: Nunation (de) f

• Japanese: タンウィーン (ja) (tanwīn)
• Russian: танвин (ru) (tanvín) m
• Turkish: nunlama (tr)

References

• Abboud, Peter F., Ernest N. McCarus, et al. (1983): Elementary Modern Standard Arabic 1: Pronunciation and Writing; Lessons 1-30, Cambridge University Press, p. 110-1. ISBN 0-521-27295-5.

• Wikipedia article on nunation