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))
- 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
| base form | ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal-pronoun including forms | |||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||
| m | f | m | f | ||
| 1st person | — | — | |||
| 2nd person | ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika) | ذٰلِكِ (ḏāliki) | ذٰلِكُمَا (ḏālikumā) | ذٰلِكُمْ (ḏālikum) | ذٰلِكُنَّ (ḏālikunna) |
| 3rd person | — | — | — | — | — |
Declension
| 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”)
See also
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ذا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Pronoun
ذلك • (zalike, zalik)
- that
- بناءً علی ذلك ― binaen alazalik ― consequently
Usage notes
- Used in expressions borrowed from Arabic.
Further reading
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zalike”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “ذلك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[1] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 605