different between nunation vs nugation

English

Alternative forms

• nunnation

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /n??ne??n?/
• IPA^(key): /n??ne???n/

Noun

nunation (countable and uncountable, plural nunations)

1. (linguistics) The use of 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.

   ??????? (nahr-un, “a river”)

   ??????? (malik-un, “a king”)

2. (linguistics) The use of a suffix ("-n") in dual forms in Akkadian.

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References

English

Etymology

From Latin nugatio (“chatter”).

Noun

nugation (countable and uncountable, plural nugations)

1. (rare, obsolete) The act or practice of trifling (focusing on the trivial or inconsequential.)
   • 1826, Francis Bacon, The Works of Francis Bacon, p.13

     As for the received opinion, that putrefaction is caused, either by cold, or peregrine and preternatural heat, it is but nugation: for cold in things inanimate, is the greatest enemy that is to putrefaction […]

Related terms

• nugatory

References

• nugation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.