አ (ʾa)
The Ge'ez letter አ is called አልፍ (ʾalf). It represents a “glottal stop”, which is a break in a vowel sound like in the middle of the English expression uh oh.
Its shape አ is derived from the epigraphic character: 𐩱. It correlates to the Arabic letter أ, the Syriac letter ܐ, and the Hebrew letter א.
Ge’ez words starting with አ include አበው (ʾabaw) “ancestors”, አኰቴት (ʾakkwatet) “gratitude”, and ኢየሩሳሌም (ʾiyarusālem) “Jerusalem”.
