nunation means in Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
nunation is pronounced /nʌˈneɪ.ʃən/.
Etymology
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).
noun
- In Standard Arabic, The use of a suffix ("-n") signifying a lack of syntactical definiteness of the noun or adjective.
- In Akkadian, the use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms.