Intermediate
Characteristics
Letter Characteristics — Introduction
Sifah (characteristic) literally means a quality that exists in something.
Technically: a quality a letter has when produced from its makhraj.
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Technically: a quality a letter has when produced from its makhraj.
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- Characteristics with opposites (5 pairs):
Jahr ↔ Hams
Shiddah ↔ Rakhawah (with middle: Tawassut)
Isti'la ↔ Istifal
Itbaq ↔ Infitah
Idhlaq ↔ Ismat - Characteristics without opposites (7):
Safir, Qalqalah, Leen, Inhiraf, Takrir, Tafashi, Istalah
Source: Matn Al-Jazariyyah by Ibn Al-Jazari (d. 833H)
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