nunationn.

Brit.

/nʌˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/nəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1700s– nunnation, 1800s– nunation.

Origin: A borrowing from Arabic, combined with an English element; modelled on an Arabic lexical item. Etymons: Arabic nūn , -ation suffix.

Etymology: < Arabic nūn, name of the Arabic letter corresponding to Roman n (see N n.) + -ation suffix, after Arabic tanwīn, noun of action < nawwana to add a final n -sound to. Compare French nunnation (1763; now also nunation ), nounation (1933). Compare nunated adj.

1. Semitic Grammar. Now usually in form nunation. The addition of a final n-sound to the pronunciation of the indefinite forms of certain nouns and adjectives in Arabic; (also) the appending of n to the flectional vowels of other Semitic languages. Cf. mimation n.

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nunation1776

1776 J. Richardson Gram. Arabick Lang. 2 The nunnation is seldom sounded, excepting in the pompous or solemn style of reading.

1844 Q. Rev. Oct. 339 Of the nunnation, or addition of the n, we have instances in the Hebrew.

1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. v. 187 The natives of Harar..use a postfixed ‘-n’, which seems a relic of a primitive nunnation.

1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 473/1 The on in Madabron apparently represents the Arabic nunation.

1961 H. Wehr Dict. Mod. Written Arabic p. xiii Only nouns derived from verbs with a weak third radical are transcribed with nunnation.

1975 Bull. (Brit. Jrnl. Middle East Stud.) 2 81 Perhaps the only really well established fact of spoken standard Arabic is that it lacks the case and mood endings of MSA and CA as well as the indefinite mark of so-called ‘nunation’.

1996 Brit. Jrnl. Middle Eastern Stud. 23 158 (note) There are seven types of proper names which do not take nunation.

2. Usually in form nunnation. In extended use: the addition of a final n to an inflection in another language, e.g. Middle English. Also (frequently attributive, esp. in nunnation mark): the insertion of a nasal consonant after a vowel.

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nunation1838

1838 E. Guest Hist. Eng. Rhythms II. 111 One of its [sc. the language of Layamon's] most striking peculiarities is its nunnation, if we may be allowed to use a term already familiar to the scholar.

1844 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 261 Nouns of the n declension often took the nunnation in the nominative in place of the usual vowel-ending.

1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 26 This Northumbrian form..is clearly a separately developt local dialectic ‘nunnation’.

1887 Mod. Lang. Notes 2 9/1 The final n would only be a case of nunnation, so common in this text.

1908 Man 8 79 Nunation is frequent in Malay and Malagasy.

1956 C. J. Sisson New Readings in Shakespeare I. 222 The compositor's copy read blacks for blancks, and he ignored the nunnation mark.

1975 J. Butcher Copy-editing xi. 205 Superscript letters and tildes (nunnation marks) in contractions are normalized to modern usage unless there are good reasons to the contrary.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nunation
释义	nunationn. Brit. /nʌˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /nəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1700s– nunnation, 1800s– nunation. Origin: A borrowing from Arabic, combined with an English element; modelled on an Arabic lexical item. Etymons: Arabic nūn , -ation suffix. Etymology: < Arabic nūn, name of the Arabic letter corresponding to Roman n (see N n.) + -ation suffix, after Arabic tanwīn, noun of action < nawwana to add a final n -sound to. Compare French nunnation (1763; now also nunation ), nounation (1933). Compare nunated adj. 1. Semitic Grammar. Now usually in form nunation. The addition of a final n-sound to the pronunciation of the indefinite forms of certain nouns and adjectives in Arabic; (also) the appending of n to the flectional vowels of other Semitic languages. Cf. mimation n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [noun] > specific method of inflection in Arabic nunation1776 1776 J. Richardson Gram. Arabick Lang. 2 The nunnation is seldom sounded, excepting in the pompous or solemn style of reading. 1844 Q. Rev. Oct. 339 Of the nunnation, or addition of the n, we have instances in the Hebrew. 1874 A. H. Sayce Princ. Compar. Philol. v. 187 The natives of Harar..use a postfixed ‘-n’, which seems a relic of a primitive nunnation. 1883 Encycl. Brit. XV. 473/1 The on in Madabron apparently represents the Arabic nunation. 1961 H. Wehr Dict. Mod. Written Arabic p. xiii Only nouns derived from verbs with a weak third radical are transcribed with nunnation. 1975 Bull. (Brit. Jrnl. Middle East Stud.) 2 81 Perhaps the only really well established fact of spoken standard Arabic is that it lacks the case and mood endings of MSA and CA as well as the indefinite mark of so-called ‘nunation’. 1996 Brit. Jrnl. Middle Eastern Stud. 23 158 (note) There are seven types of proper names which do not take nunation. 2. Usually in form nunnation. In extended use: the addition of a final n to an inflection in another language, e.g. Middle English. Also (frequently attributive, esp. in nunnation mark): the insertion of a nasal consonant after a vowel. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > inflection > [noun] > specific method of inflection in Arabic > in other languages nunation1838 1838 E. Guest Hist. Eng. Rhythms II. 111 One of its [sc. the language of Layamon's] most striking peculiarities is its nunnation, if we may be allowed to use a term already familiar to the scholar. 1844 Proc. Philol. Soc. 1 261 Nouns of the n declension often took the nunnation in the nominative in place of the usual vowel-ending. 1866 G. Stephens Old-Northern Runic Monuments I. i. 26 This Northumbrian form..is clearly a separately developt local dialectic ‘nunnation’. 1887 Mod. Lang. Notes 2 9/1 The final n would only be a case of nunnation, so common in this text. 1908 Man 8 79 Nunation is frequent in Malay and Malagasy. 1956 C. J. Sisson New Readings in Shakespeare I. 222 The compositor's copy read blacks for blancks, and he ignored the nunnation mark. 1975 J. Butcher Copy-editing xi. 205 Superscript letters and tildes (nunnation marks) in contractions are normalized to modern usage unless there are good reasons to the contrary. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1776
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