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ذا

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with demonstrative pronouns and particles used for pointing, particularly to masculine singular entities. It includes variations and modifications of the basic demonstrative 'this', often with added particles for emphasis or distance.

Derived headwords

ذَاparticle
  1. 1.
    this (masculine)both

    A demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a masculine singular noun that is near.

ذَاكَparticle
  1. 1.
    that (masculine)both

    A demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a masculine singular noun that is somewhat distant.

ذَلِكَparticle
  1. 1.
    that (masculine)both

    A demonstrative pronoun indicating a masculine singular noun that is distant, often with an added emphatic particle 'laam'.

ذَائِكَparticle
  1. 1.
    that (masculine)classical

    A demonstrative pronoun indicating a masculine singular noun that is distant, formed with an added hamza.

ذَيَّاكَparticle
  1. 1.
    that (masculine)classical

    A diminutive form of the demonstrative pronoun, indicating a masculine singular noun that is distant.

ذِيَالِكَparticle
  1. 1.
    that (masculine)classical

    Another diminutive form of the demonstrative pronoun, indicating a masculine singular noun that is distant.

هَاparticle
  1. 1.
    behold! (feminine)both

    An interjection used to draw attention, often preceding feminine pronouns or demonstratives.

ذِيparticle
  1. 1.
    this (feminine)both

    A demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a feminine singular noun that is near.

ذِهْparticle
  1. 1.
    this (feminine)classical

    A demonstrative pronoun used to indicate a feminine singular noun that is near, often used with 'ha'.

Parallel reading

ذا: إشارة إلى المذكر
Dha: A reference to the masculine.
تقول: ذا وذاك
You say: Dha and dhak.
وتزاد لاما، فيقال: ذلك
And a laam is added, so it is said: dhalika.
أو همزة، فيقال: ذائك
Or a hamza, so it is said: dha'ik.
ويصغر فيقال: ذياك وذيالك
And it is made diminutive, so it is said: dhayyak and dhayalik.
وقد تدخل ها التنبيه (على ذا وذي وذه للمؤنث)
And the particle 'ha' for attention may enter (upon dha, dhi, and dhah for the feminine).