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Gemination vs Shadda - What's the difference?

gemination | shadda |

As nouns the difference between gemination and shadda

is that gemination is (phonetics) a phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally while shadda is a diacritic () used in the arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

gemination

English

(wikipedia gemination)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (phonetics) A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.

    • Derived terms

    * degemination

    Related terms

    * geminate * Gemini

    See also

    * twinning

    shadda

    English

    (wikipedia shadda) (Arabic diacritics)

    Noun

    (s)
  • A diacritic () used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant.

    • Synonyms

    * (diacritic) tashdid

    See also

    * fat?a * kasra * ?amma * suk?n * tašk?l ----