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ذٰلِكَ
that /ˈðaː.li.ka/
otherA1#8 most common
Also: that one, that (over there), that (yonder)
Example sentences
ذٰلِكَ قَلَمٌ.
That is a pen.
ذٰلِكَ الرَّجُلُ مُعَلِّمٌ.
That man is a teacher.
لا أَفْهَمُ لِماذا فَعَلْتَ ذٰلِكَ.
I don't understand why you did that.
مُنْذُ ذٰلِكَ اليَوْمِ، لَمْ نَتَحَدَّثْ مَرَّةً أُخْرى.
Since that day, we haven't spoken again.
ذٰلِكَ الكِتابُ لا رَيْبَ فيهِ، هُدًى لِلْمُتَّقينَ.
That Book, there is no doubt in it, a guidance for the righteous.
ورُغْمَ كُلِّ ذٰلِكَ، ظَلَّ مُتَمَسِّكاً بِمَبادِئِهِ الَّتي آمَنَ بِها طَوالَ حَياتِهِ.
Despite all of that, he remained clinging to the principles he had believed in throughout his life.
Word family
هٰذاthis (m. sg.)
تِلْكَthat (f. sg.)
أُولٰئِكَthose (pl., far)
هٰؤُلاءِthese (pl., near)
ذٰلِكُمْthat (addressing a group)
Etymology
ذٰلِكَ is the distal masculine demonstrative, built on the ancient Semitic demonstrative base ذا (dhā, 'this'). To it are added the لام البُعد (lām of distance), signalling that the referent is far, and the كاف الخِطاب (kāf of address), which agrees with the person being addressed. The whole word is indeclinable (مبني), keeping one fixed form regardless of case.
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