ذاتي

Arabic

Root
ذ و ت (ḏ-w-t)

Etymology

Relative adjective (nisba) composed of ذَات (ḏāt, “self”) +‎ ـِيّ (-iyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðaː.tijj/

Adjective

ذَاتِيّ • (ḏātiyy) (feminine ذَاتِيَّة (ḏātiyya), masculine plural ذَاتِيُّونَ (ḏātiyyūna), feminine plural ذَاتِيَّات (ḏātiyyāt))

1. own, proper
2. spontaneous
3. personal
4. automatic
5. intrinsic, native, built-in

Declension

Declension of noun ذَاتِيّ (ḏātiyy)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَاتِي ḏātī	الذَّاتِي aḏ-ḏātī	ذَاتِي ḏātī
Nominative	ذَاتِيٌّ ḏātiyyun	الذَّاتِيُّ aḏ-ḏātiyyu	ذَاتِيُّ ḏātiyyu
Accusative	ذَاتِيًّا ḏātiyyan	الذَّاتِيَّ aḏ-ḏātiyya	ذَاتِيَّ ḏātiyya
Genitive	ذَاتِيٍّ ḏātiyyin	الذَّاتِيِّ aḏ-ḏātiyyi	ذَاتِيِّ ḏātiyyi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَاتِيَّيْن ḏātiyyayn	الذَّاتِيَّيْن aḏ-ḏātiyyayn	ذَاتِيَّيْ ḏātiyyay
Nominative	ذَاتِيَّانِ ḏātiyyāni	الذَّاتِيَّانِ aḏ-ḏātiyyāni	ذَاتِيَّا ḏātiyyā
Accusative	ذَاتِيَّيْنِ ḏātiyyayni	الذَّاتِيَّيْنِ aḏ-ḏātiyyayni	ذَاتِيَّيْ ḏātiyyay
Genitive	ذَاتِيَّيْنِ ḏātiyyayni	الذَّاتِيَّيْنِ aḏ-ḏātiyyayni	ذَاتِيَّيْ ḏātiyyay
Plural	sound masculine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَاتِيِّين ḏātiyyīn	الذَّاتِيِّين aḏ-ḏātiyyīn	ذَاتِيِّي ḏātiyyī
Nominative	ذَاتِيُّونَ ḏātiyyūna	الذَّاتِيُّونَ aḏ-ḏātiyyūna	ذَاتِيُّو ḏātiyyū
Accusative	ذَاتِيِّينَ ḏātiyyīna	الذَّاتِيِّينَ aḏ-ḏātiyyīna	ذَاتِيِّي ḏātiyyī
Genitive	ذَاتِيِّينَ ḏātiyyīna	الذَّاتِيِّينَ aḏ-ḏātiyyīna	ذَاتِيِّي ḏātiyyī

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: zati
• → Persian: ذاتی
  • → Hindi: ज़ाती (zātī)
  • → Urdu: ذاتی (zātī)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ذاتی (zâtî)
  • → Turkish: zati

References

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