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fatha
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Tashkeel with colors in LibreOffice and Microsoft Word
LibreOffice - unlike Microsoft Word - does not offer to change the color of Arabic diacritical marks (tashkeel/harakat). However, there are two tricks.
How to Use Arabic Letters and Signs in Word and LibreOffice
Arabic keyboards lack many important special characters. Here is a list of the most important characters and signs which you can copy and paste.
How the Broken Plural Helps Classify Arabic
The Arabic broken plural has the effect that scholars still debate how to properly classify the several branches of Semitic languages.
How a wrong vowel in the Quran may produce blasphemy
The correct vowel endings damma, kasra, fatha in Arabic can be a headache. If you are careless, you could turn verse 9:3 of the Qur'an into blasphemy (kufr).
بَيْتًا or بَيْتاً? Where to put tanween in Arabic words?
Before the Aleph or on top of it - the position of the Tanween fatha has long been debated. Egyptians and Syrians have different approaches
مَساءًا or مَساءً? Final Aleph rules in Arabic
A final Aleph (ألف) in Arabic to express the accusative case (منصوب) can be tricky. Where do you put it on a final Hamza (همزة)? Here are the rules.
The Nun for emphasis – how does it work in Arabic?
The letter Nun can be used to convey emphasis (energetic). There is a "light" and a "strong" form. Here is how it works.