ذَا (ḏā, “this”) + لِ (li, “to”) + كَ (ka, “you”).
ذٰلِكَ • (ḏālika) m (feminine تِلْكَ (tilka))
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.
| Inflected forms | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base form | ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika) | ||||
| Personal-pronoun- including forms |
Singular | Dual | Plural | ||
| Masculine | Feminine | Common | Masculine | Feminine | |
| First person | — | — | |||
| Second person | ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika) | ذٰلِكِ (ḏāliki) | ذٰلِكُمَا (ḏālikumā) | ذٰلِكُمْ (ḏālikum) | ذٰلِكُنَّ (ḏālikunna) |
| Third person | — | — | — | — | — |
| 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 |