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◌ُ U+064F, ُ ARABIC DAMMA ← ◌َ [U+064E] Arabic ◌ِ → [U+0650]

ﹸ U+FE78, ﹸ ARABIC DAMMA ISOLATED FORM ← ﹷ [U+FE77] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﹹ → [U+FE79]

ﹹ U+FE79, ﹹ ARABIC DAMMA MEDIAL FORM ← ﹸ [U+FE78] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﹺ → [U+FE7A]

Arabic

Letter

◌ُ • (u)

1. ḍamma – ضَمَّة (ḍamma) – indicates a short /u/ or its cognates, indicates a long /uː/ if followed by a و (wāw).

See also

Arabic diacritics

ـَ (-a)

ـُ (-u)

ـِ (-i)

ـّ

ـْ

ـً (-an)

ـٌ (-un)

ـٍ (-in)

ـٰ (-ā)

ـۡ‏

ـٓ

ـ۟

ـ۠

ـۢ

ـࣰ (-an)

ـࣱ (-un)

ـࣲ (-in)

ـ۪

Suffix

ـُ • (-u)

1. Forms the nominative determinative inflections of nouns.

   ‎اَلْـ (al-, “the”) + ‎كِتَاب (kitāb, “book”, informal) + ‎ـُ (-u) → ‎اَلْكِتَابُ (al-kitābu, “the book”, nominative)

   ‎بَيْت (bayt, “house”, informal) + ‎ـُ (-u) → ‎بَيْتُ (baytu, “house (of)”, construct)

2. Forms the indicative mood of present-tense verbs.

   ‎يَقُول (yaqūl, “he says”, informal) + ‎ـُ (-u) → ‎يَقُولُ (yaqūlu, “he says”, indicative)

Usage notes

• Noun cases and verb moods are only used in formal language, otherwise, the bare stem is used instead.

• It is elided after long vowels.

  ‎دُنْيَا (dunyā, “world”) + ‎ـُ (-u) → ‎دُنْيَا (dunyā, “world (of)”)

See also

Arabic noun case markers

• ـُ (-u), ـٌ (-un) (nominative singular)
• ـًا (-an), ـَ (-a) (accusative singular)
• ـٍ (-in), ـِ (-i) (genitive singular)
• ـُونَ (-ūna), ـُو (-ū) (nominative plural)
• ـِينَ (-īna), ـِي (-ī) (oblique plural)

Arabic verb mood markers

• ـُ (-u) (indicative singular)
• ـَ (-a) (subjunctive singular)
• ـْ (jussive singular)
• ـِينَ (-īna) (indicative feminine)
• ـِي (-ī) (non-indicative feminine)
• ـُونَ (-ūna) (indicative plural)
• ـُوا (-ū) (non-indicative plural)

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /peːʃ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /u/

Letter

◌ُ • (u)

1. a vowel sign of Kashmiri.

See also

• Vowel : اُ (u)

Persian

Letter

ـُ • (u / o)

1. a vowel diacritic in Persian, named ضمه (zamma / zamme) or پیش (pēš / piš).

Usage notes

• As all vowels in Persian, it must be paired to a consonant and can never appear alone. The letter ا (alif / alef) may act as a silent consonant if one is needed.
• Schools in Iran tend to use the name ضمه (zamma / zamme), whereas schools in Afghanistan tend to use the name پیش (pēš / piš).

See also

• Arabic script letters: حروف (hurūf / horuf) (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, م, ن, و, ه, ی ^[edit]