تاء
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taːʔ/
Noun
تَاء • (tāʔ) f (plural تَاءَات (tāʔāt))
- ta', name of the third letter of the Arabic alphabet (ت (t)).
- a. 1274, Ibn Malik, Alfiyyah, verse 995:
- وَمَا بِتَاءَيْنِ ٱبْتُدِي قَدْ يُقْتَصَرْ / فِيهِ عَلَى تَا كَتَبَيَّنُ الْعِبَرْ
- wamā bitāʔayni btudī qad yuqtaṣar / fīhi ʕalā tā katabayyanu l-ʕibar
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- It can also be called تَاء مَفْتُوحَة (tāʔ maftūḥa, “open taʼ”) or تَاء مَبْسُوطَة (tāʔ mabsūṭa, “flat ta'”) in contrast to its special form تَاء مَرْبُوطَة (tāʔ marbūṭa, “tied taʼ”).
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | تَاء tāʔ |
التَّاء at-tāʔ |
تَاء tāʔ |
| nominative | تَاءٌ tāʔun |
التَّاءُ at-tāʔu |
تَاءُ tāʔu |
| accusative | تَاءً tāʔan |
التَّاءَ at-tāʔa |
تَاءَ tāʔa |
| genitive | تَاءٍ tāʔin |
التَّاءِ at-tāʔi |
تَاءِ tāʔi |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | تَاءَيْن tāʔayn |
التَّاءَيْن at-tāʔayn |
تَاءَيْ tāʔay |
| nominative | تَاءَانِ tāʔāni |
التَّاءَانِ at-tāʔāni |
تَاءَا tāʔā |
| accusative | تَاءَيْنِ tāʔayni |
التَّاءَيْنِ at-tāʔayni |
تَاءَيْ tāʔay |
| genitive | تَاءَيْنِ tāʔayni |
التَّاءَيْنِ at-tāʔayni |
تَاءَيْ tāʔay |
| plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | تَاءَات tāʔāt |
التَّاءَات at-tāʔāt |
تَاءَات tāʔāt |
| nominative | تَاءَاتٌ tāʔātun |
التَّاءَاتُ at-tāʔātu |
تَاءَاتُ tāʔātu |
| accusative | تَاءَاتٍ tāʔātin |
التَّاءَاتِ at-tāʔāti |
تَاءَاتِ tāʔāti |
| genitive | تَاءَاتٍ tāʔātin |
التَّاءَاتِ at-tāʔāti |
تَاءَاتِ tāʔāti |