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ʔā- · ʾalif maddah
Alif maddah. A double-alif used to write the sequence /ʔaː/.
Meaning & usage
Alif maddah. A double-alif used to write the sequence /ʔaː/.
A form of the initial interrogative particle that indicates a yes-or-no question. As it is written together with the following word, when this word begins with ال (al-, “the”) they are orthographically morphed together and written with a مَدَّة (madda) diacritic instead of maintaining both.
Where this word comes from
From أَ (ʔa) + الْ (al-).
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