TTSusan: Meem Sakinah Rules

Vocabulary-style practice flashcards covering the definitions, rules, and linguistic meanings of Meem Sakinah, including Ikhfaa Shafawi, Idgham Shafawi, and Izhar Shafawi.

Meem Sakinah

A meem ($م$) that is free from any vowel and has a fixed sukoon when both stopping and continuing reading, found in nouns, verbs, and prepositions.

Plural Meem

An extra meem ($م$) free from vowels, preceded by one of the letters in the group "$أهتك$", and indicates the masculine plural.

Ikhfaa Shafawi (Linguistic)

Covering.

Ikhfaa Shafawi (Expressive)

Pronouncing the meem in a way between izhar and Idgham without mushaddad (shaddah) and with complete ghunna.

Ikhfaa Shafawi Letter

The letter Baa ($ب$).

Homogenous Letters

Two letters that agree in the articulation point (makhraj) but disagree in their characteristics.

Idgham Shafawi (Linguistic)

Insertion.

Idgham Shafawi (Expressive)

Inserting a non-voweled meem into a voweled meem so they become one mushaddad meem.

Idgham Shafawi Letter

The letter Meem ($م$).

Small Identical Idgham

Another name for Idgham Shafawi; 'small' because the first letter is non-voweled and the second is voweled, and 'identical' because the letters share the same makhraj, script, and characteristics.

Izhar Shafawi (Linguistic)

Clear and obvious.

Izhar Shafawi (Expressive)

Articulating the non-voweled meem from its makhraj without complete ghunna and without waqf, sakt, or mushaddad.

Izhar Shafawi Letters

The 26 letters of the alphabet remaining after excluding Meem ($م$) and Baa ($ب$).

Iqlab (Included Ikhfaa) vs. Ikhfaa Shafawi

Iqlab is a rule of Noon Sakinah where meem is inverted from noon and can occur in one or two words; Ikhfaa Shafawi is a rule of Meem Sakinah where the meem is original and occurs only in two words.

Reason for 'Shafawi' Naming

It refers to the lips, as the meem ($م$) and baa ($ب$) are both articulated from the lips.