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mimmation Assyrian Gram.|mɪˈmeɪʃən|
Also mimation.
[f. Arab. mīm, name of the letter m + -ation, after nunnation.]
The appending of m to the flexional vowels in Assyrian. (A characteristic of the Babylonian dialect of that language, as nunnation is of classical Arabic.)
1873Eng. Cycl. Arts & Sci. Suppl. 173. 1896 W. St. C. Boscawen Bible & Mon. i. 30 The..elaborate power of word-building, as well as the preservation of the mimation..attest this similarity. 1903Expositor Oct. 280 Jaum is the same as Jau only with the Babylonian mimmation added. |