Arabic vocabulary
How to say “possessing” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
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.
From: Creating Life from Nothing →OpenArabic teaches words like ذو through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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