silent wāw and yāʾ in words such as ḥayāt and tawrāt

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arabluatex_fullvoc.lua b/arabluatex_fullvoc.lua
index a821aed..0b591e7 100644
--- a/arabluatex_fullvoc.lua
+++ b/arabluatex_fullvoc.lua
@@ -121,13 +121,17 @@ trigraphsfv = { -- trigraphs or more
    {a="'l%-([uai])", b="ٱلٱ%1"},   
    -- art. with waṣla + lunar consonant (i.e. what remains)
    {a="'l%-", b="ٱلْ"},
-      -- the silent wāw
+   -- the silent wāw
    {a="uU$", b="uو"},
    {a="uU(%W)", b="uو%1"},
    {a="aU$", b="aو"},
    {a="aU(%W)", b="aو%1"},
    {a="iU$", b="iو"},
-   {a="iU(%W)", b="iو%1"}
+   {a="iU(%W)", b="iو%1"},
+   -- words ending in -āT with silent wāw/yāʾ
+   {a="(_a)UA", b="%1وا"},
+   {a="(_a)U", b="%1و"},
+   {a="(_a)I", b="%1ي"}
 }
 
 -- this is new