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The word
لِلْأَسَف

lilasaf

unfortunately
Arabicلِلْأَسَف
Arabizililasaf
Translationunfortunately
TypeAdverb
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
  1. 01Gل
  2. 02Shift+Aـِkasra
  3. 03Gل
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Shift+Hأ
  6. 06Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  7. 07Sس
  8. 08Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  9. 09Tف
Composedلِلْأَسَف
لِلْأَسَف
Practice

Type لِلْأَسَف until your fingers know it.

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