Arabic edit

Root
ذ و ت (ḏ-w-t)

Etymology edit

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of ذَات (ḏāt, self) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ذَاتِيّ (ḏātiyy) (feminine ذَاتِيَّة (ḏātiyya), masculine plural ذَاتِيُّونَ (ḏātiyyūna), feminine plural ذَاتِيَّات (ḏātiyyāt))

  1. own, proper
  2. spontaneous
  3. personal
  4. automatic
  5. intrinsic, native, built-in

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Azerbaijani: zati
  • Persian: ذاتی
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذاتی (zâtî)

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN