فَتْحَة

A small slanting line َ above a letter in Arabic, the sign of the vowel A. To indicate a long A it is followed by the consonant alif. Note that the "th" in the name is two separate consonants, t-h. with a pharyngeal h. In the indefinite accusative ending pronounced "an" (called nunation) the N is not written, but the fathah is doubled ً, and an alif is added to masculine nouns, although the vowel is short.

In Unicode: plain fathah is &1614; and doubled fathah is &#1611. Here are examples with the consonant د d:


دَ     da

دَا    daa

دًا    dan

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