The word
يُحِبّ
yu7ibb
he loves, he likes, likesArabicيُحِبّ
Arabiziyu7ibb
Translationhe loves, he likes, likes
TypeMasculine verb
CategoryHobbies →
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter
The word, broken down.
يُحِبّ reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
02
Diacritic
ـُ
ḍamma
u
A short 'u' — a small loop written above the letter.
Type:Shift+E
03
Letter
ح
ḥāʾ
ḥ
A breathy h from deep in the throat — heavier than an English 'h'.
Type:P
04
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i
A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.
Type:Shift+A
05
Letter
ب
bāʾ
b
A plain 'b'. A tooth-shaped body with one dot below.
Type:F
06
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 — 6 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
- 01D→ي
- 02Shift+E→ـُḍamma
- 03P→ح
- 04Shift+A→ـِkasra
- 05F→ب
- 06Shift+`→ـّshadda
Composedيُحِبّ