الذي

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.la.ðiː/

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Pronoun

اَلَّذِي • (allaḏī) m sg

1. (relative pronoun) who, that, which
   • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi

     أَنَا الَّذِي نَظَرَ الْأَعْمَى إِلَى أَدَبِي / وَأَسْمَعَتْ كَلِمَاتِي مَنْ بِهِ صَمَمُ

     ʔanā allaḏī naẓara l-ʔaʕmā ʔilā ʔadabī / waʔasmaʕat kalimātī man bihi ṣamamu

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Declension

Declension of pronoun اَلَّذِي (allaḏī)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	اَلَّذِي allaḏī	—	اَلَّتِي allatī
Nominative	—	اَلَّذِي allaḏī	—	اَلَّتِي allatī
Accusative	—	اَلَّذِي allaḏī	—	اَلَّتِي allatī
Genitive	—	اَلَّذِي allaḏī	—	اَلَّتِي allatī
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	اَللَّذَيْن al-laḏayn	—	اَللَّتَيْن al-latayn
Nominative	—	اَللَّذَانِ al-laḏāni	—	اَللَّتَانِ al-latāni
Accusative	—	اَللَّذَيْنِ al-laḏayni	—	اَللَّتَيْنِ al-latayni
Genitive	—	اَللَّذَيْنِ al-laḏayni	—	اَللَّتَيْنِ al-latayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	broken plural invariable		broken plural invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	اَلَّذِين allaḏīn	—	اَللَّاتِي‎; اَللَّائِي‎; اَللَّوَاتِي‎; اَلْأُلَى al-lātī‎; al-lāʔī‎; al-lawātī‎; al-ʔulā
Nominative	—	اَلَّذِينَ‎; اَلْأُلَى allaḏīna‎; al-ʔulā	—	اَللَّاتِي‎; اَللَّائِي‎; اَللَّوَاتِي‎; اَلْأُلَى al-lātī‎; al-lāʔī‎; al-lawātī‎; al-ʔulā
Accusative	—	اَلَّذِينَ‎; اَلْأُلَى allaḏīna‎; al-ʔulā	—	اَللَّاتِي‎; اَللَّائِي‎; اَللَّوَاتِي‎; اَلْأُلَى al-lātī‎; al-lāʔī‎; al-lawātī‎; al-ʔulā
Genitive	—	اَلَّذِينَ‎; اَلْأُلَى allaḏīna‎; al-ʔulā	—	اَللَّاتِي‎; اَللَّائِي‎; اَللَّوَاتِي‎; اَلْأُلَى al-lātī‎; al-lāʔī‎; al-lawātī‎; al-ʔulā

Descendants

• Gulf Arabic: الي

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “الذي”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN