Sīn, shīn, ṣād and ḍād
Two letters with three small teeth and two with a long loop, each pair told apart by its dots.
AI ne ya rubuta kuma ya duba
AI ne ya rubuta waɗannan darussa kuma ya duba su, kuma har yanzu babu wani malamin Larabci da ya karanta su. Ayoyin, da ma’anoninsu da nazarin kowace kalma an ɗauko su daga tushensu, waɗanda aka ambata a inda aka nuna su.
An rubuta wannan darasi da Turanci da Bengali kawai, don haka ana nuna shi a nan da Turanci.
This lesson teaches two pairs of letters. In each pair the two letters have one body, and the second has dots that the first does not.
The letters
- sīnRubutu da haruffan Latin bisa ƙa’ida: sس
- سIta kaɗai
- سA farko
- سA tsakiya
- سA ƙarshe
- shīnRubutu da haruffan Latin bisa ƙa’ida: shش
- شIta kaɗai
- شA farko
- شA tsakiya
- شA ƙarshe
- ṣādRubutu da haruffan Latin bisa ƙa’ida: ṣص
- صIta kaɗai
- صA farko
- صA tsakiya
- صA ƙarshe
- ḍādRubutu da haruffan Latin bisa ƙa’ida: ḍض
- ضIta kaɗai
- ضA farko
- ضA tsakiya
- ضA ƙarshe
Sīn and shīn
Sīn is three small teeth in a row, and alone or at the end of a word, a wide bowl after them that dips below the line. Shīn is the same, with three dots above the teeth.
In a word, the teeth are what you read. They can look like the hooks of bā’, tā’ and thā’ standing together: count the teeth, and look for the dots of each.
Ṣād and ḍād
Ṣād is a long flat closed loop with a small tooth after it, and alone or at the end of a word the same wide bowl as sīn. Ḍād is the same, with one dot above.
The transliteration writes ṣād and ḍād with a dot under the letter, ṣ and ḍ, so as not to confuse them with sīn and dāl.
In the Qur’ān
The first word of this verse has shīn in its middle and sīn at its end. Look at the teeth of each, and at the dots of shīn.
- وَwāw+ fatḥah
- ٱalif waṣlah
- لlām
- شَّshīn+ shaddah+ fatḥah
- مْmīm+ sukūn
- سِsīn+ kasrah
An nuna haruffa da alamomin da wannan darasi ya ambata a cikin ayar.
Ina rantsuwa da rãnã da hantsinta.
Hausa Translation - Abu Bakr Jumi · QuranEnc.com · version 1.2.2In the sixth verse of al-Fātiḥah, ṣād and sīn each come once.
An nuna haruffa da alamomin da wannan darasi ya ambata a cikin ayar.
Ka shiryar da mu ga hanya madaidaiciya.
Hausa Translation - Abu Bakr Jumi · QuranEnc.com · version 1.2.2Recall
- How many teeth does sīn have?
- How do you tell ṣād from ḍād?
- Why does the transliteration write a dot under the letter for ṣād and ḍād?
Answers: three; ḍād has one dot above; so that they are not taken for sīn and dāl.
Next
The next lesson teaches four more letters: ṭā’, ẓā’, ʿayn and ghayn.
Nazarin kalmomi: Quranic Arabic Corpus 0.4 (Kais Dukes)