Mimation

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Mimation refers to the suffixed -m  (the letter mem in many Semitic abjads) which occurs in some Semitic languages.

This occurs in Akkadian on singular nouns.[1] It was also present in proto-Semitic.

It is retained in the plural of Hebrew.

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  1. ^ Akkadian grammar: morphology, [1] Akkadian grammar: Noun declension