The word
صَحيح
sa7i7
correctArabicصَحيح
Arabizisa7i7
Translationcorrect
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
صَحيح reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ص
ṣād
ṣ
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
Type:W
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
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
ḥ
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.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03P→ح
- 04D→ي
- 05P→ح
Composedصَحيح