The word
مُهِمّة
muhimma
importantArabicمُهِمّة
Arabizimuhimma
Translationimportant
TypeFeminine adjective
CategoryEducation →
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
- 01L→م
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03I→ه
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05L→م
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 07M→ة
Composedمُهِمّة