The word
سَيَفْعَل
sayaf3al
he will doArabicسَيَفْعَل
Arabizisayaf3al
Translationhe will do
TypeMasculine verb
CategoryDaily routine →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
سَيَفْعَل reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
س
sīn
s
A plain 's'. Three small teeth in a row.
Type:S
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
04
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
05
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f
A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.
Type:T
06
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ
A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.
Type:U
07
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a
A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.
Type:Shift+Q
08
Letter
ل
lām
l
A plain 'l' — a tall upright stroke with a curved foot.
Type:G
← 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
- 01S→س
- 02Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 03D→ي
- 04Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 05T→ف
- 06Shift+X→ـْ
- 07U→ع
- 08Shift+Q→ـَfatḥa
- 09G→ل
Composedسَيَفْعَل