The word
صِحِّيّ
si77i
healthyArabicصِحِّيّ
Arabizisi77i
Translationhealthy
TypeMasculine adjective
CategoryFood & drink →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
صِحِّيّ 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
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
03
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
04
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
07
Diacritic
ـّ
shadda
double
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
Type:Shift+`
← 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
- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03P→ح
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06D→ي
- 07Shift+`→ـّshadda
Composedصِحِّيّ