أولئك

Arabic

Etymology

أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi) +‎ كَ (ka)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔu.laː.ʔi.ka/

Pronoun

أُولٰئِكَ • (ʔulāʔika) pl

1. plural of ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika, “that”)
2. plural of ذَاكَ (ḏāka, “that”)
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:36:

     إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا

     ʔinna s-samʕa wa-l-baṣara wa-l-fuʔāda kullu ʔulāʔika kāna ʕanhu masʔūlan

     Indeed the hearing, the sight, the heart, all of them will have to answer in its respect.

See also

• أُولَالِكَ (ʔulālika)
• أُولَاكَ (ʔulāka)