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The word
قَبيح

qabi7

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Arabicقَبيح
Arabiziqabi7
Translationugly
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryFamily
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

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

01
Letter
ق
qāf
q

A deep 'k', made far back in the throat.

Type:R
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b

A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.

Type:F
04
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī

A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.

Type:D
05
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ

A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.

Type:P
← 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 — 5 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

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Sequence
  1. 01Rق
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Fب
  4. 04Dي
  5. 05Pح
Composedقَبيح
قَبيح
Practice

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