أولئك

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

أُولَاءِ (ʔulāʔi) +‎ كَ (ka)

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

أُولٰئِكَ (ʔulāʔikapl

  1. plural of ذٰلِكَ (ḏālika, that)
  2. plural of ذَاكَ (ḏāka, that)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:36:
      إِنَّ السَّمْعَ وَالْبَصَرَ وَالْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُولٰئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْئُولًا
      ʔinna s-samʕa wa-l-baṣara wa-l-fuʔāda kullu ʔulāʔika kāna ʕanhu masʔūlan
      Indeed the hearing, the sight, the heart, all of them will have to answer in its respect.

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