replacement letters (حُرُوفُ الإَبْدَال)

replacement letters (حُرُوفُ الإَبْدَال)


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التعريف :


These are used to replace other letters. There are twelve of these letters: ṭ, ā, l, y, w, m, ʾ, n, j, d, t, h. Thus the ‘m’ in ‘lāzim’ replaces the original ‘b’ of lāzib.