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Arabic Vowel Signs

 There are 3 short vowel signs in Arabic

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 Fathah (ٌ ةحْتَف) – denoting “a”, e.g. da (ٌ َد)
ِ

ة
َ ْ
 Kasrah (ٌرسَك) – denoting “i”, e.g. di (ٌد)
َّ
 Dummah (ٌ ةم َ ض) – denoting “u”, e.g. du (ٌ د)

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َ َ
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 Absence of a vowel sign is denoted by Sukun (ٌنو كس), e.g. notice ٌ ْد in ٌ ةسرْدم
 Long vowels are formed by adding the associated letters to the short vowels
ا
 ٌto elongate fathah, e.g. daa (اَد)

ِ
 ي to elongate kasrah, e.g. dii (يد)

 و to elongate dummah, e.g. duu (و د)

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