condition of vowel elongation (شَرْطُ الْمَدّ)

condition of vowel elongation (شَرْطُ الْمَدّ)


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التعريف :


What is essential for the elongation of any of the three long vowels, which are the ā provided that it is preceded by a consonant with a short ‘a’, the ī preceded by a consonant with a short ‘i’, and the ū preceded by a consonant with a short ‘u’. An example showing all three cases is the word nūḥīhā (11: 49).