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The word
مُهِمّة

muhimma

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Arabicمُهِمّة
Arabizimuhimma
Translationimportant
TypeFeminine adjective
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

مُهِمّة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
02
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u

A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.

Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ه
hāʾ
h

A soft 'h', as in the English word 'hat'.

Type:I
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
م
mīm
m

A plain 'm'. A small round head with a tail.

Type:L
06
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double

Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.

Type:Shift+`
07
Letter
ة
tāʾ marbūṭa
a

The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.

Type:M
← 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 — 7 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. 01Lم
  2. 02Shift+Eـُḍamma
  3. 03Iه
  4. 04Shift+Aـِkasra
  5. 05Lم
  6. 06Shift+`ـّshadda
  7. 07Mة
Composedمُهِمّة
مُهِمّة
Practice

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