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

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: zati
  • Persian: ذاتی
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذاتی (zâtî)

References

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