LessonsMiscellaneous Morphological Explanations: Eight Rules for Wāw, Yāʾ, Alif and HamzahQuiz

In the underlying وَوَاصِلُ, the book changes the first wāw to hamzah, yielding أَوَاصِلُ. The second wāw remains.

UnderlyingResultChanged letter
وَوَاصِلُأَوَاصِلُFirst wāw
وَوَاعِدُأَوَاعِدُFirst wāw

The operation is neither the deletion of both wāws nor replacement of the second one. A good morphological explanation identifies the exact position of the changed letter.

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Which Wāw Changes in Rule 7?

Miscellaneous Morphological Explanations: Eight Rules for Wāw, Yāʾ, Alif and Hamzah

In the underlying وَوَاصِلُ, the book changes the first wāw to hamzah, yielding أَوَاصِلُ. The second wāw remains.

UnderlyingResultChanged letter
وَوَاصِلُأَوَاصِلُFirst wāw
وَوَاعِدُأَوَاعِدُFirst wāw

The operation is neither the deletion of both wāws nor replacement of the second one. A good morphological explanation identifies the exact position of the changed letter.