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►II.8. GEMINATE CONSONANTS

This diacritic ّ◌ (the dotted circle ◌ is not part of the diacritic) is called šadda·t شَدَّةٌ “stress”. It indicates geminate letters, i.e. two identical consonants with no vowel in between.

Example,

م + م = مّ

m + m = mm

Geminate consonants are called lengthened consonants.

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