"◌ُ" meaning in Arabic

See ◌ُ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Forms: u [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|letter|head=◌ُ|tr=u}} ◌ُ • (u)
  1. ḍamma – ضَمَّة (ḍamma) – indicates a short /u/ or its cognates, indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wāw). Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-◌ُ-ar-character-0JVJaK99 Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Arabic diacritical marks, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Arabic terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic diacritical marks: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 45 41 14 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 43 42 15 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with redundant transliterations: 12 48 40

Suffix

Forms: ـُ [canonical], -u [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|suffix|head=ـُ|tr=-u}} ـُ • (-u)
  1. Forms the nominative determinative inflections of nouns. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-◌ُ-ar-suffix-m-Da~dCB Categories (other): Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Arabic terms with redundant transliterations, Pages linking to anchors not found in Appendix:Glossary, Arabic diacritical marks, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Arabic terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic diacritical marks: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 45 41 14 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 43 42 15 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with redundant transliterations: 12 48 40
  2. Forms the indicative mood of present-tense verbs. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-◌ُ-ar-suffix-pWyR6VLY Categories (other): Arabic terms with redundant transliterations, Arabic diacritical marks, Arabic entries with incorrect language header, Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Arabic terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Arabic diacritical marks: 44 44 12 Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 45 41 14 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 43 42 15 Disambiguation of Arabic terms with redundant transliterations: 12 48 40
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ـُ (-u), ـٌ (-un) [nominative, singular], ـًا (-an), ـَ (-a) [accusative, singular], ـٍ (-in), ـِ [-i, genitive, singular], ـُونَ (-ūna), ـُو (-ū) [nominative, plural], ـِينَ (-īna), ـِي (-ī) [oblique, plural], ـُ (-u) [indicative, singular], ـَ (-a) [singular, subjunctive], ـْ [jussive, singular], ـِينَ (-īna) [feminine, indicative], ـِي (-ī) (english: non-indicative feminine), ـُونَ (-ūna) [indicative, plural], ـُوا (-ū) (english: non-indicative plural)
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      "form": "u",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "letter",
        "head": "◌ُ",
        "tr": "u"
      },
      "expansion": "◌ُ • (u)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "character",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 44 12",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "45 41 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 42 15",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 48 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ḍamma – ضَمَّة (ḍamma) – indicates a short /u/ or its cognates, indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wāw)."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ḍamma",
          "damma"
        ],
        [
          "ضَمَّة",
          "ضمة#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "و",
          "و#Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "◌ُ"
}

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      "form": "ـُ",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-u",
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      ]
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  ],
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    }
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    },
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        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـٌ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-an",
      "word": "ـًا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-in",
      "word": "ـٍ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "-i",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـِ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-ūna",
      "word": "ـُونَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-ū",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ـُو"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-īna",
      "word": "ـِينَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-ī",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ـِي"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-u",
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـُ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ],
      "word": "ـَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "jussive",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـْ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-īna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indicative"
      ],
      "word": "ـِينَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "non-indicative feminine",
      "roman": "-ī",
      "word": "ـِي"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "-ūna",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ـُونَ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "non-indicative plural",
      "roman": "-ū",
      "word": "ـُوا"
    }
  ],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "12 48 40",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "اَلْـ (al-, “the”) + كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”, informal) + ـُ (-u) → اَلْكِتَابُ (al-kitābu, “the book”, nominative)",
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        },
        {
          "text": "بَيْت (bayt, “house”, informal) + ـُ (-u) → بَيْتُ (baytu, “house (of)”, construct)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Forms the nominative determinative inflections of nouns."
      ],
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          "nominative",
          "Appendix:Glossary#nominative"
        ],
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          "determinative",
          "Appendix:Glossary#determinative"
        ]
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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          "text": "يَقُول (yaqūl, “he says”, informal) + ـُ (-u) → يَقُولُ (yaqūlu, “he says”, indicative)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Forms the indicative mood of present-tense verbs."
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "◌ُ"
}
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      ],
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          "ḍamma",
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          "و",
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        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
      "word": "ـٌ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-an",
      "word": "ـًا"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـَ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-in",
      "word": "ـٍ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "-i",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـِ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-ūna",
      "word": "ـُونَ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-ū",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ـُو"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-īna",
      "word": "ـِينَ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-ī",
      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ـِي"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-u",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـُ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-a",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ],
      "word": "ـَ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "jussive",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "ـْ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-īna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indicative"
      ],
      "word": "ـِينَ"
    },
    {
      "english": "non-indicative feminine",
      "roman": "-ī",
      "word": "ـِي"
    },
    {
      "roman": "-ūna",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ـُونَ"
    },
    {
      "english": "non-indicative plural",
      "roman": "-ū",
      "word": "ـُوا"
    }
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          "text": "اَلْـ (al-, “the”) + كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”, informal) + ـُ (-u) → اَلْكِتَابُ (al-kitābu, “the book”, nominative)",
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        {
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        }
      ],
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        "Forms the indicative mood of present-tense verbs."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "◌ُ"
}

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