Unit 2 · Lesson 12
Shadda
A doubled letter
A shadda ( ّ ) means the letter is doubled: you say it twice, first closing the syllable before it, then opening the next. It is written together with the vowel mark.
PRACTICE
Tap an answer to check yourself.
How is this read?
رَبِّ
What does a shadda do?
How is this read?
عَلَّمَ