Nunation
[nuh-ney-shuh n] /nʌˈneɪ ʃən/
noun, Arabic Grammar.
1.
the doubling, in writing, of the final vowel symbol to indicate the addition, in speech, of the indefinite suffix n to certain nouns.
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