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Arabic
Etymology
أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi) + كَ (ka)
Pronunciation
Pronoun
أُولٰئِكَ • (ʔulāʔika) pl
- plural of ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika, “that”)
- plural of ذَاكَ (ḏāka, “that”)
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:36:إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا- ʔinna s-samʕa wa-l-baṣara wa-l-fuʔāda kullu ʔulāʔika kāna ʕanhu masʔūlan
- Indeed the hearing, the sight, the heart, all of them will have to answer in its respect.
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