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ذَاكَ الْبَيْتُ كَبِيرٌ.
Translation: That house (at intermediate distance in the book’s scheme) is large.

ذَاكَ: demonstrative in nominative position, with addressee kāf. الْبَيْتُ: nominative apposition. كَبِيرٌ: nominative predicate.

The text contrasts ذَا (near), ذَاكَ (intermediate), and ذَلِكَ (far).

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Demonstratives — forms, syntax and usage

ذَاكَ الْبَيْتُ كَبِيرٌ.
Translation: That house (at intermediate distance in the book’s scheme) is large.

ذَاكَ: demonstrative in nominative position, with addressee kāf. الْبَيْتُ: nominative apposition. كَبِيرٌ: nominative predicate.

The text contrasts ذَا (near), ذَاكَ (intermediate), and ذَلِكَ (far).