Letter 20 of 28
How Do You Pronounce Fa (ف)?
ف
Faفَاء
F as in fish.
The sound
The English f of fish and free. Top teeth on the bottom lip, air flows through.
One dot above a small loop. Its neighbour Qaf (ق) has a deeper bowl and two dots.
The four written forms
Arabic letters change shape by position, alone, at the start, in the middle, and at the end of a word.
ف
Isolated
ف
Initial
ف
Medial
ف
Final
Fa with harakat
The three short vowels: fatha says "a", kasra says "i", damma says "u".
فَ
fa
Fatha · "a"
فِ
fi
Kasra · "i"
فُ
fu
Damma · "u"
Spot it in the Quran
فَضْلٌ
fadl
bounty, favour
الْفَجْرُ
al-fajr
the dawn
نَفْسٌ
nafs
soul, self
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