ذَاتَone

Example sentences

• وَلِذَلِكَ كَانَتْ تُسَمَّى ذَاتَ النِّطَاقِ،

  And for that reason she was called She of the Girdle,

  ذَاتَ — possessor of. A word meaning 'possessor / the one (feminine) of', used to coin an epithet; it is the front half of a possessive pair glued to 'the girdle'. It builds the nickname 'She of the Girdle', the chain naming her by the thing she is associated with.

  From: The Secret Migration →

• بَيْنَمَا نَحْنُ جُلُوسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و سلم ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ، إذْ طَلَعَ عَلَيْنَا رَجُلٌ شَدِيدُ بَيَاضِ الثِّيَابِ،

  While we were sitting in the presence of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, one day a man with very white clothes appeared to us.

  ذَاتَ — one (feminine). A feminine construct-word meaning 'one (of) / a certain', which works only as the front half of an 'of' pairing with a time-noun. It joins to 'a day' next to form the set phrase 'one day'.

  From: When Gabriel Came to Teach →