هذا

See also: ہدا‎

Arabic

Etymology

هَا‎ (hā) +‎ ذَا‎ (ḏā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː.ðaː/, /haː.ða/
  • (Hejazi) IPA^(key): /haː.da/, /haː.ða/

Pronoun

هٰذَا • (hāḏā) m sg, 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”)

References

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