Qalqalah

Qalqalah — the bouncing letters قَلْقَلَة

A subtle "echo" on the five letters قطب جد (ق ط ب ج د) when they carry sukoon.

When the five qalqalah letters (ق، ط، ب، ج، د — mnemonic: قطب جد) carry a sukoon, the reader gives them a small bounce — a subtle vocal "echo" without adding a real vowel. There are three degrees: qalqalah sughra (small) on a sukoon mid-word; qalqalah kubra (large) on a sukoon at the very end when stopping; and qalqalah akbar (greatest) when stopping on a letter with shadda.

Quran examples

يَطْمَعُ

Sughra — qalqalah on ط mid-word. · 74:15

وَتَبَّ

Akbar — stopping on the shadda of ba in tabba. · 111:1

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