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alif carrying the waṣla sign (ٱ) indicates liaison with the preceding word and means that the hamza is suppressed. It is more commonly indicated by a regular alif without a hamza (ا). It occurs, for example, in the definite article ٱل(l-), ٱسْم(sm-), ٱبْن(bn-), imperative verbs, and the perfective aspect of verb forms VII to X, but is not pronounced following a vowel: (e.g., البيت ٱلكبير is read al-baytu l-kabīru). It occurs only at the beginning of a word that is not initial in a word group, or the beginning of a word following a prefixed preposition or conjunction.
هُوَ ٱبْنُ ٱلمُدَرِّسِ(huwa bnu l-mudarrisi, “He is the teacher’s son.”)
وَٱسْمُ ٱلبِنْتِ أَنْهَارُ(wasmu l-binti ʔanhāru, “And the daughter’s name is Anhar.”)