- Definite articles: al, el, (whence also Tunisian, Algerian and Moroccan le used in rare occasions), il, im (Rijāl Alma‛, Rāziḥī and Faifi among others)
- Transliterations when compounded:
- El Kitāb, El kitāb, El-Kitāb, El-kitāb, el-Kitāb, el-kitāb, Elkitāb