damma

As nouns the difference between shadda and damma

is that shadda is a diacritic (ـّ) used in the Arabic script to indicate gemination of a consonant while damma is in Arabic script, the vowel point for "u", appearing as a small curl placed above a letter {{term|ـُ|lang=mul|sc=Arab}} and designating a short /u/. If the Arabic letter {{term|و||wāw|lang=mul|sc=Arab}} immediately follows, it indicates a long /ū/.

As a letter u

is the letter u with an acute accent.

As a noun damma is

(linguistics) in arabic script, the vowel point for "u", appearing as a small curl placed above a letter immediately follows, it indicates a long /ū/.

As an adjective arabic

is related to the.

As a proper noun arabic

is a major semitic language originating from the arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the middle east and north africa.

As a noun damma is

(linguistics) in arabic script, the vowel point for "u", appearing as a small curl placed above a letter immediately follows, it indicates a long /ū/.

As nouns the difference between damma and sukun

is that damma is in Arabic script, the vowel point for "u", appearing as a small curl placed above a letter {{term|ـُ|lang=mul|sc=Arab}} and designating a short /u/. If the Arabic letter {{term|و||wāw|lang=mul|sc=Arab}} immediately follows, it indicates a long /ū/ while sukun is a diacritic (ـْ) used in the Arabic abjad to mark the absence of a vowel.