ذات

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Arabic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1.1

Noun

ذَات (ḏātf (dual ذَوَاتَا (ḏawātā) or ذَاتَا (ḏātā), dual oblique ذَوَاتَيْ (ḏawātay) or ذَاتَيْ (ḏātay), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt) or أُولَات (ʾulāt), masculine ذُو (ḏū)) (construct state only)

  1. feminine singular of ذُو (ḏū, possessor of, owner of)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:3:
      سَيَصْلَى نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ
      sayaṣlā nāran ḏāta lahabin
      He will burn in a Fire of flame
  2. spontaneousness
    ذَات الْبَيْنḏāt al-bayndisagreement, enmity; concord, friendship
    ذَاتَ يَوْمٍḏāta yawminone day, once
    ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍḏāta laylatinon a certain night
    ذَاتَ مَرَّةٍḏāta marratinonce; one time
    • (Can we date this quote?) Ahmad Shawqi
      يُقَالُ كَانَ الْكَلْبُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ
      بَيْنَ الرِّيَاضِ غَارِقًا فِي النَّوْمِ
      yuqālu kāna l-kalbu ḏāta yawmin
      bayna r-riyāḍi ḡāriqan fī n-nawmi
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of noun ذَات (ḏāt)
singular masculine feminine
singular long construct basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal ذُو
ḏū
ذَات
ḏāt
nominative ذُو
ḏū
ذَاتُ
ḏātu
accusative ذَا
ḏā
ذَاتَ
ḏāta
genitive ذِي
ḏī
ذَاتِ
ḏāti
dual masculine feminine
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal ذَوَيْ
ḏaway
ذَوَاتَيْ‎; ذَاتَيْ
ḏawātay‎; ḏātay
nominative ذَوَا
ḏawā
ذَوَاتَا‎; ذَاتَا
ḏawātā‎; ḏātā
accusative ذَوَيْ
ḏaway
ذَوَاتَيْ‎; ذَاتَيْ
ḏawātay‎; ḏātay
genitive ذَوَيْ
ḏaway
ذَوَاتَيْ‎; ذَاتَيْ
ḏawātay‎; ḏātay
plural masculine feminine
sound masculine plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct indefinite definite construct
informal ذَوِي‎; أُولِي
ḏawī‎; ʾulī
ذَوَات‎; أُولَات
ḏawāt‎; ʾulāt
nominative ذَوُو‎; أُولُو
ḏawū‎; ʾulū
ذَوَاتُ‎; أُولَاتُ
ḏawātu‎; ʾulātu
accusative ذَوِي‎; أُولِي
ḏawī‎; ʾulī
ذَوَاتِ‎; أُولَاتِ
ḏawāti‎; ʾulāti
genitive ذَوِي‎; أُولِي
ḏawī‎; ʾulī
ذَوَاتِ‎; أُولَاتِ
ḏawāti‎; ʾulāti
Derived terms

Etymology 1.2

    Noun

    ذَات (ḏātf (dual ذَاتَانِ (ḏātāni), plural ذَوَات (ḏawāt))

    1. being, essence, substance, nature
    2. person, individual
      ذَاتًاḏātanpersonally
    3. self, identity
      ذَات نَفْسِهِḏāt nafsihihis self
      ذَات أَنْفُسِهِمḏāt ʔanfusihimtheir selves
    4. -self
      هُوَ بِذَاتِهِhuwa biḏātihihe himself
      هُوَ ذَاتُهُhuwa ḏātuhuhe himself
    5. same
      ذَات الشَّيْءḏāt aš-šayʔthe same thing
      ذَات الْأَشْيَاءḏāt al-ʔašyāʔthe same things
      السَّنَة ذَاتُهَاas-sana ḏātuhāthe same year
    6. material object
      اِسْم الذَّاتism aḏ-ḏātconcrete noun
    7. (philosophy) essence
      Coordinate term: عَرَض (ʕaraḍ, accident)
    Declension
    Declension of noun ذَات (ḏāt)
    singular basic singular triptote
    indefinite definite construct
    informal ذَات
    ḏāt
    الذَّات
    aḏ-ḏāt
    ذَات
    ḏāt
    nominative ذَاتٌ
    ḏātun
    الذَّاتُ
    aḏ-ḏātu
    ذَاتُ
    ḏātu
    accusative ذَاتًا
    ḏātan
    الذَّاتَ
    aḏ-ḏāta
    ذَاتَ
    ḏāta
    genitive ذَاتٍ
    ḏātin
    الذَّاتِ
    aḏ-ḏāti
    ذَاتِ
    ḏāti
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal ذَاتَيْن
    ḏātayn
    الذَّاتَيْن
    aḏ-ḏātayn
    ذَاتَيْ
    ḏātay
    nominative ذَاتَانِ
    ḏātāni
    الذَّاتَانِ
    aḏ-ḏātāni
    ذَاتَا
    ḏātā
    accusative ذَاتَيْنِ
    ḏātayni
    الذَّاتَيْنِ
    aḏ-ḏātayni
    ذَاتَيْ
    ḏātay
    genitive ذَاتَيْنِ
    ḏātayni
    الذَّاتَيْنِ
    aḏ-ḏātayni
    ذَاتَيْ
    ḏātay
    plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal ذَوَات
    ḏawāt
    الذَّوَات
    aḏ-ḏawāt
    ذَوَات
    ḏawāt
    nominative ذَوَاتٌ
    ḏawātun
    الذَّوَاتُ
    aḏ-ḏawātu
    ذَوَاتُ
    ḏawātu
    accusative ذَوَاتٍ
    ḏawātin
    الذَّوَاتِ
    aḏ-ḏawāti
    ذَوَاتِ
    ḏawāti
    genitive ذَوَاتٍ
    ḏawātin
    الذَّوَاتِ
    aḏ-ḏawāti
    ذَوَاتِ
    ḏawāti
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Moroccan Arabic: دات (dāt)
    • North Levantine Arabic: ذات (learned)
    • Ottoman Turkish: ذات
    • Swahili: dhati
    • Turkmen: zat

    Etymology 2

    Pronoun

    ذَاتَ (ḏātaf

    1. (rare, obsolete) feminine singular of ذَا (ḏā, this)

    North Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    Learned borrowing from Arabic ذات (ḏāt).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ذات (zēt, zātf

    1. essence
    2. same
    3. -self

    Usage notes

    • Often used with enclitic suffixes with the singular and plural third-person pronouns, هو, هي, and هن/هنن.
      • هو ذاتهُ (huwwe zēto, the same one) masc.
      • هي ذاتهَا (hiyye zēta, the same one) fem.
      • هن ذاتهُن (hinne zētun, the same ones)

    Persian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

    Pronunciation

    Readings
    Classical reading? ḏāt
    Dari reading? zāt
    Iranian reading? zât
    Tajik reading? zot

    Noun

    ذات (zât) (plural ذوات (zavât))

    1. essence; nature, fundamental characteristic
      در ذاتشdar zât-ašin its essence; essentially
      آدمی که ذات خوبی دارد
      âdami ke zât-e xubi dârad
      person with a good nature
    2. substance
    3. (archaic) person; especially often used in old-fashioned honorifics.
      ذات شریفzât-e šarifhis noble person

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian ذات (zāt), from Arabic ذَات (ḏāt).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ذات (zātf (Hindi spelling ज़ात)

    1. essence
    2. nature (characteristic)
    3. substance
    4. body
    5. person, entity
    6. self, ego
    7. possessor, owner
    8. breed, caste
    9. generation