ذلك
See also: دلك
Arabic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðaː.li.ka/
Pronoun
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
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
| 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
Declension of pronoun ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- هٰذَا (hāḏā, “this”)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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