Arabic vocabulary
ذوpossessing in Arabic
ذو is how you say “possessing” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Example sentences
وقيل هو على النسب لا على الفعل أي ذي دفق أو ذات
And it is said that it is a relational adjective, not an active one, meaning possessing "dafq."
ذُو — possessing. A word meaning 'possessor of / the one having', the masculine form used to attribute a quality, heading a possessive pairing with the noun after it: 'possessing pouring'. This is exactly the 'having' sense a nisba conveys.
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