ذات

Arabic edit

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَوَاتَا (ḏawātā) or ذَاتَا (ḏātā), dual oblique ذَوَاتَيْ (ḏawātay) or ذَاتَيْ (ḏātay), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt) or أُولَات (ʾulāt), masculine ذُو (ḏū)) (construct state only)

feminine singular of ذُو (ḏū, “possessor of, owner of”)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:3:
  سَيَصْلَى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
  sayaṣlā nāran ḏāta lahabin
  He will burn in a Fire of flame
spontaneousness
ذَات الْبَيْن ― ḏāt al-bayn ― disagreement, enmity; concord, friendship

ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ ― ḏāta yawmin ― one day, once

ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ― ḏāta laylatin ― on a certain night

ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ ― ḏāta marratin ― once; one time
- (Can we date this quote?) Ahmad Shawqi
  يُقَالُ كَانَ الْكَلْبُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ
  بَيْنَ الرِّيَاضِ غَارِقًا فِي النَّوْمِ
  yuqālu kāna l-kalbu ḏāta yawmin
  bayna r-riyāḍi ḡāriqan fī n-nawmi
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension of noun ذَات (ḏāt)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	singular long construct			basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	ذُو ḏū	—	—	ذَات ḏāt
Nominative	—	—	ذُو ḏū	—	—	ذَاتُ ḏātu
Accusative	—	—	ذَا ḏā	—	—	ذَاتَ ḏāta
Genitive	—	—	ذِي ḏī	—	—	ذَاتِ ḏāti
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	ذَوَيْ ḏaway	—	—	ذَوَاتَيْ‎; ذَاتَيْ ḏawātay‎; ḏātay
Nominative	—	—	ذَوَا ḏawā	—	—	ذَوَاتَا‎; ذَاتَا ḏawātā‎; ḏātā
Accusative	—	—	ذَوَيْ ḏaway	—	—	ذَوَاتَيْ‎; ذَاتَيْ ḏawātay‎; ḏātay
Genitive	—	—	ذَوَيْ ḏaway	—	—	ذَوَاتَيْ‎; ذَاتَيْ ḏawātay‎; ḏātay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural			sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	—	—	ذَوِي‎; أُولِي ḏawī‎; ʾulī	—	—	ذَوَات‎; أُولَات ḏawāt‎; ʾulāt
Nominative	—	—	ذَوُو‎; أُولُو ḏawū‎; ʾulū	—	—	ذَوَاتُ‎; أُولَاتُ ḏawātu‎; ʾulātu
Accusative	—	—	ذَوِي‎; أُولِي ḏawī‎; ʾulī	—	—	ذَوَاتِ‎; أُولَاتِ ḏawāti‎; ʾulāti
Genitive	—	—	ذَوِي‎; أُولِي ḏawī‎; ʾulī	—	—	ذَوَاتِ‎; أُولَاتِ ḏawāti‎; ʾulāti

ذَات • (ḏāt) f (dual ذَاتَانِ (ḏātāni), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt))

being, essence, substance, nature
person, individual
ذَاتًا ― ḏātan ― personally
self, identity
ذَات نَفْسِهِ ― ḏāt nafsihi ― his self

ذَات أَنْفُسِهِم ― ḏāt ʔanfusihim ― their selves
-self
هُوَ بِذَاتِهِ ― huwa biḏātihi ― he himself

هُوَ ذَاتُهُ ― huwa ḏātuhu ― he himself
same
ذَات الشَّيْء ― ḏāt aš-šayʔ ― the same thing

ذَات الْأَشْيَاء ― ḏāt al-ʔašyāʔ ― the same things

السَّنَة ذَاتُهَا ― as-sana ḏātuhā ― the same year
material object
اِسْم الذَّات ― ism aḏ-ḏāt ― concrete noun
(philosophy) essence
Coordinate term: عَرَض (ʕaraḍ, “accident”)

Declension of noun ذَات (ḏāt)

ذَاتَ • (ḏāta) f

ذات • (zēt, zāt) f

Often used with enclitic suffixes with the singular and plural third-person pronouns, هو, هي, and هن/هنن.
- هو ذاتهُ (huwwe zēto, “the same one”) masc.
- هي ذاتهَا (hiyye zēta, “the same one”) fem.
- هن ذاتهُن (hinne zētun, “the same ones”)

From Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [zɑːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [zɑːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [zɔːt̪]

ذات • (zât) (plural ذوات (zavât))

essence; nature, fundamental characteristic
― dar zât-eš ― in its essence; essentially
substance
(archaic) person; especially often used in old-fashioned honorifics.
― zât-e šarif ― his noble person