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ّ shadda marks the gemination (doubling) of a consonant.
kasra (when present) sometimes moves to between the shadda and the geminate (doubled) consonant. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-07-20, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ...


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ch13c-index (1974 words)
It is noteworthy that, as with the ‘dagger-alif’, the shadda is used massively to ‘extend’ the consonantal symbol texts.
The shadda is obviously used for the purpose of ‘extending’ the ‘original’ consonantal symbol texts to allow the ‘new readings’ to be used.
And, also declared by the presence of all these shaddas is the evidence that Islam has been using ‘hodge-podge’ versions, a mixture of readings.
The Arabic Alphabet: Vowels (231 words)
It sits above the letter which is not followed by a vowel.
Shadda represents doubling (or gemination) of a consonant.
Where the same consonant occurs twice in a word, with no vowel between, instead of using consonant + sukūn + consonant, the consonant is written only once, and shadda is written above it.
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