silent wāw and yāʾ in words such as ḥayāt and tawrāt

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arabluatex_trans.lua b/arabluatex_trans.lua
index d839516..d253269 100644
--- a/arabluatex_trans.lua
+++ b/arabluatex_trans.lua
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ trigraphstrdmg = { -- trigraphs or more
    {a="aU$", b="a"},
    {a="aU(%W)", b="a%1"},
    {a="iU$", b="i"},
-   {a="iU(%W)", b="i%1"}
+   {a="iU(%W)", b="i%1"},
+   -- words ending in -āT with silent wāw/yāʾ
+   {a="(_a)UA", b="A"},
+   {a="(_a)U", b="A"},
+   {a="(_a)I", b="A"}
 }
 
 tanwintrdmg = {
@@ -308,7 +312,11 @@ trigraphstrloc = { -- trigraphs or more
    {a="aU$", b="a"},
    {a="aU(%W)", b="a%1"},
    {a="iU$", b="i"},
-   {a="iU(%W)", b="i%1"}
+   {a="iU(%W)", b="i%1"},
+   -- words ending in -āT with silent wāw/yāʾ
+   {a="(_a)UA", b="A"},
+   {a="(_a)U", b="A"},
+   {a="(_a)I", b="A"}
 }
 
 tanwintrloc = {