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 is not a letter, It is how the two letters, laam and then alif are written together.

Reference

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 = ال
  
  
  
  
• أ + ل + ا = ألا
  
  
  
  
• ك + ل + ا = كلا
  
  
  
  
• ل + ل + ه = لله