The word
لا أُحِبّ
la u7ibb
I do not love, I do not like, do not likeArabicلا أُحِبّ
Arabizila u7ibb
TranslationI do not love, I do not like, do not like
TypeWord
CategoryHobbies →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
لا أُحِبّ reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
04
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
05
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
06
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
07
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
08
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
How to type it
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 →Sequence
- 01G→ل
- 02H→ا
- 03Space→
- 04Shift+H→أ
- 05Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 06P→ح
- 07Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 08F→ب
- 09Shift+`→ـّshadda
Composedلا أُحِبّ