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healthyThe word, broken down.
صِحِّيّة reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
An emphatic 's' — pronounced with a fuller, deeper mouth.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Doubles the letter it sits on — hold the consonant a beat longer.
The 'tied tāʾ' — marks a feminine ending, sounded as a soft 'a'.
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 8 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 →- 01W→ص
- 02Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 03P→ح
- 04Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 05Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 06D→ي
- 07Shift+`→ـّshadda
- 08M→ة