Mimation
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Mimation (Arabic: ΨͺΩΩ
ΩΩΩΩΩ
, tamyΔ«m) is the phenomenon of a suffixed -m (the letter mem in many Semitic abjads) which occurs in some Semitic languages.
This occurs in Akkadian in singular nouns.cite-ref-1[1] It was also present in the Proto-Semitic language.
It is retained in the plural and dual forms in Hebrew. It corresponds to the letter nun (-n) in Classical Arabic and is retained in the singular (nunation), dual, and plural.
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cite-note-11. β Akkadian grammar: morphology Archived 2009-07-05 at the Wayback Machine, [1] Archived 2008-12-16 at the Wayback Machine Akkadian grammar: Noun declension