Ha
The Arabic letter Ha can appear in four different forms: isolated, initial, medial and final.
| final | medial | initial | isolated |
|---|---|---|---|
| ـح | ـحـ | حـ | ح |
When you show the letter on its own, you use the isolated form.
When the letter is the first letter of a word, you use the initial form.
For example these words:
When the letter is not the first and not the last but somewhere in the middle of a word, you use the medial form in most cases.
For example these words:
When the letter is the last letter of a word, you use the final form in most cases.
For example these words:
When the letter is in the middle of a word, and follows a right joining letter, you use the initial form.
When the letter is the last letter of a word, and follows a right joining letter, you use the isolated form.
Now you know that:
- The isolated form ح is used when the letter is shown by itself, and in the end of words if the letter before is right joining.
- The initial form حـ is used in the beginning of words, and in the middle of word if the letter before is right joining. Se all words where the initial form is used in the beginning
- The medial form ـحـ is used in the middle of words if the letter before is not right joining.
- The final form ـح is used in the end of words if the letter before is not right joining.
That's it!
The rules you just learned can be applied to all Arabic letters with dual joining, which is most of them.
Now you know that:
In most cases...
Let us look at the other cases!
The letter Ha has dual joining, like most Arabic letters. It wants to join with both the letter before it and the letter after it.
But some letters has right joining. They only want to join with the letter before it (which is the letter to the right since Arabic is written from right to left).