ArabicEdit

NounEdit

ذَات (ḏātf (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)

  1. 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
  2. spontaneousness
    ذَات الْبَيْن‎ ― ḏāt al-bayndisagreement, enmity; concord, friendship
    ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ‎ ― ḏāta yawminone day, once
    ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ‎ ― ḏāta laylatinon a certain night
    ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍ‎ ― ḏāta marratinonce; 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 quote)

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NounEdit

ذَات (ḏātf (dual ذَاتَانِ(ḏātāni), plural ذَوَات(ḏawāt))

  1. being, essence, substance, nature
  2. person, individual
    ذَاتًا‎ ― ḏātanpersonally
  3. self, identity
    ذَات نَفْسِهِ‎ ― ḏāt nafsihihis self
    ذَات أَنْفُسِهِم‎ ― ḏāt ʔanfusihimtheir selves
  4. -self
    هُوَ بِذَاتِهِ‎ ― huwa biḏātihihe himself
    هُوَ ذَاتُهُ‎ ― huwa ḏātuhuhe himself
  5. same
    ذَات الشَّيْء‎ ― ḏāt aš-šayʔthe same thing
    ذَات الْأَشْيَاء‎ ― ḏāt al-ʔašyāʔthe same things
    السَّنَة ذَاتُهَا‎ ― as-sana ḏātuhāthe same year
  6. material object
    اِسْم الذَّات‎ ― ism aḏ-ḏātconcrete noun

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DescendantsEdit

  • North Levantine Arabic: ذات(learned)
  • Swahili: dhati

PronounEdit

ذَاتَ (ḏātaf

  1. (rare, obsolete) feminine singular of ذَا(ḏā, this)

North Levantine ArabicEdit

EtymologyEdit

Learned borrowing from Arabic ذات(ḏāt).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ذات (zēt, zātf

  1. essence
  2. same
  3. -self

Usage notesEdit

  • 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)

PersianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Arabic ذَات(ḏāt).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ذات (zât)

  1. essence
  2. nature (characteristic)
  3. substance

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UrduEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Persian ذات‎, from Arabic.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ذات (zātf (Hindi spelling ज़ात)

  1. essence
  2. nature (characteristic)
  3. substance
  4. body
  5. person, entity
  6. self, ego
  7. possessor, owner
  8. breed, caste
  9. generation

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