al7a'it
the wallThe word, broken down.
اَلْحائِط reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
A glottal stop carried on a dotless yāʾ.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
An emphatic 't' — heavier and deeper than a plain 't'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 9 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
Practice typing this word →- 01H→ا
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05P→ح
- 06H→ا
- 07Z→ئ
- 08Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 09'→ط