Saudi Arabic Curriculum (لغتي) — Grade 7, Semester 1 — Page 117

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

أَجِدُ أَنَّ هَمْزَةَ الْقَطْعِ تُرْسَمُ عَلَى هَيْأَةِ الْأَلِفِ وَفَوْقَهَا رَأْسُ الْعَيْنِ إِنْ كَانَتْ مَضْمُومَةً (أُ) أَوْ مَفْتُوحَةً (أَ)، وَعَلَى هَيْأَةِ الْأَلِفِ وَتَحْتَهَا رَأْسُ الْعَيْنِ إِنْ كَانَتْ مَكْسُورَةً (إِ).

I find that the hamzat al-qat' is written as an alif with a small 'ayn head above it if the vowel is damma (u) or fatha (a), and as an alif with the 'ayn head below it if the vowel is kasra (i).

مُلَاحَظَاتِي: أَسْتَنْتِجُ أَنَّ: هَمْزَةَ الْقَطْعِ: هِيَ الْهَمْزَةُ الَّتِي يُنْطَقُ بِهَا فِي بَدْءِ الْكَلَامِ وَوَصْلِهِ.

My notes: I conclude that the hamzat al-qat' is the hamza pronounced both at the start of a sentence and when connecting words.

تُكْتَبُ (ء) فَوْقَ الْأَلِفِ إِذَا كَانَتْ مَضْمُومَةً أَوْ مَفْتُوحَةً وَتُكْتَبُ تَحْتَ الْأَلِفِ إِذَا كَانَتْ مَكْسُورَةً.

It is written (ء) above the alif if it carries a damma or fatha, and below the alif if it carries a kasra.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (14 verbs · 30 nouns)

• وَجَدَ — to find
• رَسَمَ — to draw
• كَانَ — to be
• هَمْزَةٌ — final (hamza)
• قَطْعٌ — cutting
• هَيْأَةٌ — form