هذا

See also: هدا and ہدا

Arabic

Etymology

Univerbation of هَا (hā) +‎ ذَا (ḏā). Cognate with Hebrew הזה (hazé, “this”) and Phoenician 𐤄𐤆𐤄 (hèzè, “this”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː.ðaː/, /haː.ða/

Pronoun

هٰذَا • (hāḏā) m (feminine هٰذِهِ (hāḏihī))

1. this

   هٰذَا طَيِّبٌ ― hāḏā ṭayyibun ― This is good.

   هٰذَا ٱلشَّيْءُ طَيِّبٌ ― hāḏā š-šayʔu ṭayyibun ― This thing is good.

Declension

Declension of pronoun هٰذَا (hāḏā)

singular	masculine		feminine
	singular invariable		singular invariable
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	—	هٰذَا hāḏā	—	هٰذِهِ‎; هٰذِي hāḏihī‎; hāḏī
nominative	—	هٰذَا hāḏā	—	هٰذِهِ‎; هٰذِي hāḏihī‎; hāḏī
accusative	—	هٰذَا hāḏā	—	هٰذِهِ‎; هٰذِي hāḏihī‎; hāḏī
genitive	—	هٰذَا hāḏā	—	هٰذِهِ‎; هٰذِي hāḏihī‎; hāḏī
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	—	هٰذَيْن hāḏayn	—	هَاتَيْن hātayn
nominative	—	هٰذَانِ hāḏāni	—	هَاتَانِ hātāni
accusative	—	هٰذَيْنِ hāḏayni	—	هَاتَيْنِ hātayni
genitive	—	هٰذَيْنِ hāḏayni	—	هَاتَيْنِ hātayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	broken plural invariable		broken plural invariable
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi
nominative	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi
accusative	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi
genitive	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi	—	هٰؤُلَاءِ hāʔulāʔi

Related terms

• ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika, “that”)

Descendants

• Maltese: hedan

References

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

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic هٰذَا (hāḏā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː.da/, /haː.ða/

Pronoun

هذا • (hāda) m (feminine هذي (hādi), plural ذول (dōl) or ذولا (dōla) or هذول (hādōl) or هذولا (hādōla))

1. this

   Synonym: ذا (dā)

Related terms

• هذاك (hadāk, “that”)