هذا

See also: ہدا

Arabic

Etymology

هَا (hā) +‎ ذَا (ḏā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haː.ðaː/

Pronoun

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