mimationn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈmeɪʃn/, U.S.

/məˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– mimation, 1800s– mimmation.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic, combined with an English element. Etymons: Arabic mīm , -ation suffix.

Etymology: < Arabic mīm, name of the Arabic letter corresponding to Roman m (see M n.) + -ation suffix, after nunation n.

Semitic Grammar.

The appending of m to the flexional vowels in Semitic languages, esp. Akkadian. Cf. nunation n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [noun] > addition or interchange of spec.

mutation1808

permutation1843

mimation1873

betacism1885

1873 Eng. Cycl. Arts & Sci. Suppl. 173 The use of mimmation by the Babylonians.

1896 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments i. 30 The..elaborate power of word-building, as well as the preservation of the mimation..attest this similarity.

1903 Expositor Oct. 280 Jaum is the same as Jau only with the Babylonian mimmation added.

1936 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 37 213 The rule of mimation exhibited in the texts from Kültepe is not so strictly observed as in those from Aliṣar.

1988 R. Caplice Introd. Akkadian (rev. ed.) i. 12 Mimation (the addition of m to case indicators u, i, a) is characteristic of masc. sing. nouns, all fem. nouns except duals, and all adjectives.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mimation
释义	mimationn. Brit. /mᵻˈmeɪʃn/, U.S. /məˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– mimation, 1800s– mimmation. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic, combined with an English element. Etymons: Arabic mīm , -ation suffix. Etymology: < Arabic mīm, name of the Arabic letter corresponding to Roman m (see M n.) + -ation suffix, after nunation n. Semitic Grammar. The appending of m to the flexional vowels in Semitic languages, esp. Akkadian. Cf. nunation n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > consonant > [noun] > addition or interchange of spec. mutation1808 permutation1843 mimation1873 betacism1885 1873 Eng. Cycl. Arts & Sci. Suppl. 173 The use of mimmation by the Babylonians. 1896 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Monuments i. 30 The..elaborate power of word-building, as well as the preservation of the mimation..attest this similarity. 1903 Expositor Oct. 280 Jaum is the same as Jau only with the Babylonian mimmation added. 1936 Jrnl. Theol. Stud. 37 213 The rule of mimation exhibited in the texts from Kültepe is not so strictly observed as in those from Aliṣar. 1988 R. Caplice Introd. Akkadian (rev. ed.) i. 12 Mimation (the addition of m to case indicators u, i, a) is characteristic of masc. sing. nouns, all fem. nouns except duals, and all adjectives. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1873
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