The word
لِلْأَسَف
lilasaf
unfortunatelyArabicلِلْأَسَف
Arabizililasaf
Translationunfortunately
TypeAdverb
CategoryTravel & places →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
لِلْأَسَف 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
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
04
Letter
أ
hamza on alif
ʾa
A glottal stop carried on an alif.
Type:Shift+H
05
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
06
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
08
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
← 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
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03G→ل
- 04Shift+X→ـْ
- 05Shift+H→أ
- 06Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 07S→س
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09T→ف
Composedلِلْأَسَف