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wawation

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English

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Etymology

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From waw +‎ -ation.

Noun

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wawation (uncountable)

  1. (Arabic linguistics) The addition of a seemingly superfluous waw to the end of nouns, particularly names, in early Arabic, still found in the name عَمْرو (ʕamr).
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