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