م and ل
Read m/l and recognise the obligatory lam–alif shape.
About this unit
م is m and ل is l. When ل meets ا, the two always take one special shape: لا.
- م
m, as in “mother”مَال · money - ل
l, as in “lamp”لَيْل · night
One letter, several shapes
A letter's shape depends on its neighbours. At the start it joins only the next letter, in the middle both neighbours, at the end only the letter before it.
لا still counts as two letters, ل and ا, when you read and type it.
Build the reading unit
Enter parts in logical order; the font places and joins them.
ل + َ + ا → لَا
More words to read
مَن
whomanلَا
nolāمُدِير
managermudīr
نَمِر
tigernamirبَلَد
countrybaladReading tips
ل + ا is shaped as لا, called lam–alif. It remains two logical letters. In لَيْل, y with sukun combines with the preceding a as ay; whole-word audio is the model.
Reading practice
Letters in words
Match each sign to the same sign in its example.
Shapes in the middle
Match each letter to its shape in the middle of a word.
Letters inside words
Match each letter to the marked shape in the word.
Find the sound
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Match the words to their pictures.
Sound to spelling
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Spelling to sound
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Sound to spelling
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Spelling to sound
Read the word. Choose its sound.
Build the word
Listen and build the word in typing order.
Build the word
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Build the word
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Recall the spelling
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Recall the spelling
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Recall the spelling
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Read m/l and recognise the obligatory lam–alif shape.
مَال
money
لَيْل
nightمَن
whoلَا
noمُدِير
managerنَمِر
tigerبَلَد
countryUse a Arabic keyboard
Standard Arabic keyboard or course tiles. Enter logical letters; the font shapes joins. Numbers retain normal digit order. Optional vowel marks are separate inputs.
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