Stopping on the Ends of Words (3)
The Pure Sukoon
In the
first part of this section on stopping on the ends of words, we stated that
there are five possible ways of stopping on a word that has a "strong" (
)
ending. We had stated that:
If the end of the word was voweled and we
are stopping on it with a presented sukoon, then there are five possible ways
of stopping on it.
1.
(the
pure, unmixed sukoon)
2.
(giving
only 1/3 of a vowel count)
3.
(a
dhammah of the two lips, with no sound)
4.
(deletion)
5.
(substitution)
We have discussed stopping with
and
,
and the lessons on these two ways of stopping are located in the tidbit
archives section of this site. We will now will discuss stopping on
(the pure, unmixed sukoon)
over the next few lessons.
Stopping with a pure sukoon
and what is allowed with it
The sukoon is tantamount to removing the
vowel on the letter that is being stopped on; and
can be defined as: clearly void or free from
and
.
can be put on the dhammah,
kasrah, and fat-h of conjugated words , and on the same vowels on fixed
(non-conjugated) words. It can be on a word that ends with a shaddah or
without, those that end with a tanween or not, but can not be on a word that
ends with a tanween that has a fat-h, as in
.
As a reminder, these categories of stopping on the end of words are for those
words not ending with an alif, wow, or ya' as these are not "strong" (
) in ending.
Stopping with a pure sukoon is the usual
way we stop on words. As we already discussed in previous lessons, in
addition to stopping on the pure sukoon
, some words can be stopped on
other ways, such as stopping with
or
. There are some words that can only be
stopped with the pure sukoon (
).
That which can stop only on a pure sukoon, and
and
are
not permitted
There are five different categories in which we can only stop with a pure sukoon and no other way of
stopping is allowed. We will discuss three of them this lesson and continue
with the other two next lesson, insha' Allah.
1. That
which has a sukoon on the end when continuing and when stopping (fixed
sukoon), as in
or
.
2.
Presented
vowelization. That which is voweled when continuing with a presented vowel to
eliminate the meeting of two voweled letters, as in the presented kasrah on
the
in the command form of the verb:
in the
phrase:
.
Another example of a presented
vowel on the end of a word to prevent the meeting of two saakin letters from
meeting is the vowel on the letter
in the word
in the phrase
. The plural
normally has a sukoon on it and the only time
it acquires a vowel is in the case of two saakin letters meeting.
Included in
(presented vowels)
are the words
and
,
because the kasrah on the
is presented. Both
and
are
forbidden from the presented vowel, because its origin was a sukoon.
3. That
which has a fat-h on it, but not with a tanween. Examples:
,
,
.
We will continue explaining the other
two circumstances for stopping only with a pure sukoon, insha' Allah, next
lesson.