sun letter

sun letter
Arabic Gram.
any letter, as ta or sin, representing a consonant that assimilates the l of a prefixed definite article. Cf. moon letter.
[trans. of Ar al-huruf ash-shamsiyah, so called from the use of ash-shams "the sun" to illustrate assimilation of l to sh in al the]

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