Hi!
I am learning arabic. I cannot understand the use of alif maqsura. So far, what I understood is that when an alif is placed at the end of a word following a kasra, it is written as a ya without the dots. Is this right?
Any ya without dots placed at the end of a word is alif maqsura?
How to pronounce it?
Thank you.
2006-09-03 22:49:40 · 5 answers · asked by flowerbud 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
alif maqsura is ordinary alif but it always comes at the end of words,and pronounced like it,...it was modified to make the word differs from the ordinary alif used as a pronoun of two males subjects attached to the past verb.and also to be used instead of the ordinary one to produce a new word with new meaning:
ala(ordindry)=became high
ala(maqsura)=on
ila(ordinary)=except
ila(maqsura)=to
ya is another letter and must have two dots under it.
there is no role for using it ,(within my knoledge),you have to know the words one by one,there are few verbs and many nouns,most of people female names could be written in both ways
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2006-09-04 00:19:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear Ms.Flowerbud
alif maqsura is pronounced like E like the word
Egri means Run
alif maftooha is pronounced like A w/open lips
Amml means Hope ( like the French A )
2006-09-04 06:13:54 · answer #2 · answered by massimo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are correct. And it usually just sounds like a short "a" sound.
2006-09-04 05:53:34 · answer #3 · answered by RangerBob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-04 05:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by kevrotimrob 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
yes thats right ..
good luck got you :)
2006-09-05 11:39:39 · answer #5 · answered by old_frog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋