Arabic/LearnRW/laam-alif

Laam-alif is a ligature. When a ل (laam) comes before an ا (alif) in a word, they automatically come together and form laam-alif. Laam-alif isn't a letter; it's how the two letters, laam and then alif are written together.

References

written three times ( x_x_x )	written twice ( x_x )	connected-form ( _x )	Alone ( x )	Name
لالالا	لالا	ـلا	لا	laam-alif

Examples:

• ل + ا = لا

• ل + أ = لأ

• ل + إ = لإ

• ل + آ = لآ

• ا + ل + ا = الا

• أ + ل + ا = ألا

• إ + ل + ا = إلا

• آ + ل + ا = آلا