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ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ صَادِقٌ.
Translation: That (distant) man is truthful.

ذَا: demonstrative base in nominative syntactic position. ل: distance marker. كَ: addressee particle, no syntactic case. الرَّجُلُ: nominative apposition. صَادِقٌ: nominative predicate.

Do not parse this kāf as a genitive possessor.

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Parsing the distant form dhālika

Demonstratives — forms, syntax and usage

ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلُ صَادِقٌ.
Translation: That (distant) man is truthful.

ذَا: demonstrative base in nominative syntactic position. ل: distance marker. كَ: addressee particle, no syntactic case. الرَّجُلُ: nominative apposition. صَادِقٌ: nominative predicate.

Do not parse this kāf as a genitive possessor.