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ذلك

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See also: دلك

Arabic

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Etymology

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ذَا (ḏā, this) +‎ لِ (li, to) +‎ كَ (ka, you).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ذٰلِكَ (ḏālikam (feminine تِلْكَ (tilka))

  1. that (demonstrative pronoun)
    ذٰلِكَ طَيِّبٌḏālika ṭayyibunthat is good
    ذٰلِكَ الشَّيْءُ طَيِّبٌḏālika aš-šayʔu ṭayyibunthat thing is good

Usage notes

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In Quranic Arabic, the number and gender of the addressed people can be indicated by different suffixes. These forms aren't usually used in MSA.

Inflection

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    Inflected forms
Base form ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person
Second person ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika) ذٰلِكِ (ḏāliki) ذٰلِكُمَا (ḏālikumā) ذٰلِكُمْ (ḏālikum) ذٰلِكُنَّ (ḏālikunna)
Third person

Declension

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See also

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN