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Letter 12 of 28

The letter س

How س is written, how it sounds with each vowel, and words that start with it, carry it or end with it.

Letter forms

A letter's shape changes with its place in the word.
  • سـStart of a word
  • ـسـMiddle of a word
  • ـسEnd, joined
  • سEnd, unjoined

Letter sounds

Ten sounds: short and long vowels, tanween and sukun.

سَ

Short vowel

Short vowel

Long vowel

Tanween

Sukun

Words from the curriculum

Each word with its syllables, as in the sound-blending lesson.

At the start

  • سَـمَكَةٌسَـ/ـمَـ/ـكَـ/ـةٌ
  • سِـنَامٌسِـ/ـنَا/مٌ
  • سُكَّرٌسُـكْـ/ـكَـ/ـرٌ
  • سَاعَةٌسَا/عَـ/ـةٌ
  • سِيـنٌسِيـ/ـنٌ
  • سُورٌسُو/رٌ

In the middle

  • عَـسَلٌعَـ/ـسَـ/ـلٌ
  • سِمْـسِـمسِمْـ/ـسِـ/ـمٌ
  • نُـسُـكنُـ/ـسُـ/ـكٌ
  • بَسْـمَةٌبَسْـ/ـمَـ/ـةٌ
  • أَسَاسٌأَ/سَا/سٌ
  • وَسِيـمٌوَ/سِيـ/ـمٌ
  • أُُسُودٌأُ/سُو/دٌ

At the end

  • لَـبِـسَلَـ/ـبِـ/ـسَ
  • يَـبَـسِيَـ/ـبَـ/ـسِ
  • يَحْرِسُيَـحْـ/ـرِ/سُ
  • اُدْرُسْاُدْ/رُسْ
  • كُؤُوسَاكُـ/ؤُو/سَا
  • كَرَاْسِيكَـ/ـرَاْ/سِي
  • يَرْسُويَرْ/سُو
  • قِرْطَاْسًاقِرْ/طَاْ/سًا
  • قِرْطَاْسٍقِرْ/طَاْ/سٍ
  • قِرْطَاْسٌقِرْ/طَاْ/سٌ

Write the letter س