LessonsNoun Case Classes: Type 4 — The Six NounsQuiz

ذُو مَالٍ — ذَا مَالٍ — ذِي مَالٍ
Translation: a person possessing wealth, in three grammatical cases.

جَاءَ ذُو مَالٍ.
Translation: A wealthy person came. «ذُو» is the nominative subject marked by wāw.
رَأَيْتُ ذَا مَالٍ.
Translation: I saw a wealthy person. «ذَا» is the accusative object marked by alif.
مَرَرْتُ بِذِي مَالٍ.
Translation: I passed by a wealthy person. «ذِي» is genitive, marked by yāʾ.

In all three, «مَالٍ» is the genitive second term of iḍāfa. Here «ذُو» means possessor, not the demonstrative «ذَا».

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Dhū Mālin: Possessor of Wealth

Noun Case Classes: Type 4 — The Six Nouns

ذُو مَالٍ — ذَا مَالٍ — ذِي مَالٍ
Translation: a person possessing wealth, in three grammatical cases.

جَاءَ ذُو مَالٍ.
Translation: A wealthy person came. «ذُو» is the nominative subject marked by wāw.
رَأَيْتُ ذَا مَالٍ.
Translation: I saw a wealthy person. «ذَا» is the accusative object marked by alif.
مَرَرْتُ بِذِي مَالٍ.
Translation: I passed by a wealthy person. «ذِي» is genitive, marked by yāʾ.

In all three, «مَالٍ» is the genitive second term of iḍāfa. Here «ذُو» means possessor, not the demonstrative «ذَا».