الذي

العربية

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الذي

/al.la.ðiː/

Where it comes from

An innovation in Arabic, formed from اَل (al-, “the”) + لَ (la, “truly”) + ذِي (ḏī, “this”). Compare Biblical Hebrew הלזה (hallāze, “this, that”).

pronoun اَلَّذِي · allaḏī · اَلَّتِي · -

pronoun, relative who, that, which أَنَا الَّذِي نَظَرَ الْأَعْمَى إِلَى أَدَبِي وَأَسْمَعَتْ كَلِمَاتِي مَنْ بِهِ صَمَمُ ʔanā allaḏī naẓara l-ʔaʕmā ʔilā ʔadabī

In English

that which
who who (relative pronoun)
whose of whom (relative)
whom relative pronoun (object)
which (relative) who, whom, what

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"الذي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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"الذي." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {الذي},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}