Letter 4 of 28
How Do You Pronounce Tha (ث)?
ث
Thaثَاء
Th as in think.
The sound
The soft th of think and three. The tip of the tongue rests between the teeth and air flows over it, no voice.
English speakers have this sound already. Take care not to collapse it into s, ثُمَّ (thumma) is not summa.
The four written forms
Arabic letters change shape by position, alone, at the start, in the middle, and at the end of a word.
ث
Isolated
ث
Initial
ث
Medial
ث
Final
Tha with harakat
The three short vowels: fatha says "a", kasra says "i", damma says "u".
ثَ
tha
Fatha · "a"
ثِ
thi
Kasra · "i"
ثُ
thu
Damma · "u"
Spot it in the Quran
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
كَثِيرًا
kathiran
much, many
مَثَلٌ
mathal
example, parable
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