ذلك

See also: دلك

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðaː.li.ka/

Pronoun

ذٰلِكَ • (ḏālika) m (feminine تِلْكَ (tilka))

1. 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