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وَتَتَّصِلُ بِأَوَاخِرِهَا حَرْفُ الْخِطَابِ.
Translation: An addressee-marking particle can attach to the end of a demonstrative.

The kāf of address in «ذَاكَ» addresses the listener. It does not describe the gender/number of the object pointed to, and is not a genitive pronoun in this construction.

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The addressee suffix kāf

Demonstratives — forms, syntax and usage

وَتَتَّصِلُ بِأَوَاخِرِهَا حَرْفُ الْخِطَابِ.
Translation: An addressee-marking particle can attach to the end of a demonstrative.

The kāf of address in «ذَاكَ» addresses the listener. It does not describe the gender/number of the object pointed to, and is not a genitive pronoun in this construction.