ذلك
Appearance
See also: دلك
Arabic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ذَا (ḏā, “this”) + لِ (li, “to”) + كَ (ka, “you”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ذٰلِكَ • (ḏālika) m (feminine تِلْكَ (tilka))
- that (demonstrative pronoun)
- ذٰلِكَ طَيِّبٌ ― ḏālika ṭayyibun ― that is good
- ذٰلِكَ الشَّيْءُ طَيِّبٌ ― ḏālika aš-šayʔu ṭayyibun ― that thing is good
Usage notes
[edit]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
[edit]Inflected forms | |||||
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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
[edit]Declension of pronoun ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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singular invariable | singular invariable | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | — | ذٰلِك ḏālik |
— | تِلْكَ tilka |
Nominative | — | ذٰلِكَ ḏālika |
— | تِلْكَ tilka |
Accusative | — | ذٰلِكَ ḏālika |
— | تِلْكَ tilka |
Genitive | — | ذٰلِكَ ḏālika |
— | تِلْكَ tilka |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | — | ذَيْنِكَ ḏaynika |
— | تَيْنِكَ taynika |
Nominative | — | ذَانِكَ ḏānika |
— | تَانِكَ tānika |
Accusative | — | ذَيْنِكَ ḏaynika |
— | تَيْنِكَ taynika |
Genitive | — | ذَيْنِكَ ḏaynika |
— | تَيْنِكَ taynika |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
broken plural invariable | broken plural invariable | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | — | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
— | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
Nominative | — | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
— | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
Accusative | — | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
— | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
Genitive | — | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
— | أُولٰئِكَ ʾulāʾika |
Related terms
[edit]- هٰذَا (hāḏā, “this”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN