Explanation of the words of Ibn Malik (may Allah have mercy on him): "With *dha* you indicate a singular masculine noun *** With *dhi*, *dha*, *ti*, and *ta*, you are restricted to the feminine."
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The Shaykh : He said: "With *dha* you indicate a singular masculine noun": "With *dha*" is connected to "indicate," meaning indicate with *dha*, that is, with this word: *dha*. For a singular masculine noun: so the singular masculine noun is indicated by: *dha*. It is said: This is a man, this is a pen, this is a mosque, this is knowledge, this is good. Every singular masculine noun, whether it is a concrete entity or a description, inanimate or animate, or otherwise, is indicated by what? By *dha*. It is indicated by: *dha*. And the demonstrative particle *ha* comes with: *dha*, so it is said: "This". This is good. Is that clear? But what is the demonstrative noun when we say: This is good? It is: *dha*, only.
"With *dhi* and *dha* and *ti*", yes, "With *ti* and *ta*, you are restricted to the feminine": They multiplied the demonstrative nouns for the feminine. I do not know, perhaps because of its softness, I do not know! It is possible, Allah knows best. But the demonstrative nouns for the feminine are four words: "With *dhi*", you say: This is Hind. And the second: "Dha", you say: This is Hind, this is Aisha. "And *dha*", it is said: *Dha*, *dhi*, and *dhi*, so it is an example of this: with a sukun, with a kasrah without *ibdah* (lengthening), with a kasrah with *ibdah* (lengthening). Okay: "Ti", *ti* is also a demonstrative noun for the feminine. You say: That woman is a woman of religion. That woman, you indicate her with *ti*. Or you say: *Ti* is a pious woman, *ti* is a pious woman. Okay: "Ta", *ta* with an alif instead of a ya. You say: *Ta* is Hind, meaning this is Hind.
"You are restricted to the feminine": meaning you do not indicate a masculine noun with these four words. So how many are the demonstrative nouns for the feminine?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Their roots are four, and they are: "Dhi, and *dha*, and *ti*, and *ta*", restricted to the feminine. This is the singular, its masculine and its feminine. The masculine is indicated by what? "With *dha*", and the feminine? Brother!
The student: *Dhi*.
The Shaykh : Yes, but?
The student: *Ti*.
The Shaykh : No one is speaking to him, no, no, yes.
The student: "the one who has."
The Shaykh : *Dhi*.
The student: *Ti*.
The Shaykh : And *ti*.
The student: *Dha*.
The Shaykh : *Dha*, yes.
The student: *Ta*.
The Shaykh : And *ta*, with the alif. These are four words by which the feminine is indicated. The most commonly used are: *dha* and *ti*. How many verses are there with *tilka* (that), *tilka al-rusul* (those messengers), *hadhihi imra'ah* (this woman), and the like.
"With *dhi* and *dha* and *ti*", yes, "With *ti* and *ta*, you are restricted to the feminine": They multiplied the demonstrative nouns for the feminine. I do not know, perhaps because of its softness, I do not know! It is possible, Allah knows best. But the demonstrative nouns for the feminine are four words: "With *dhi*", you say: This is Hind. And the second: "Dha", you say: This is Hind, this is Aisha. "And *dha*", it is said: *Dha*, *dhi*, and *dhi*, so it is an example of this: with a sukun, with a kasrah without *ibdah* (lengthening), with a kasrah with *ibdah* (lengthening). Okay: "Ti", *ti* is also a demonstrative noun for the feminine. You say: That woman is a woman of religion. That woman, you indicate her with *ti*. Or you say: *Ti* is a pious woman, *ti* is a pious woman. Okay: "Ta", *ta* with an alif instead of a ya. You say: *Ta* is Hind, meaning this is Hind.
"You are restricted to the feminine": meaning you do not indicate a masculine noun with these four words. So how many are the demonstrative nouns for the feminine?
The student: Four.
The Shaykh : Their roots are four, and they are: "Dhi, and *dha*, and *ti*, and *ta*", restricted to the feminine. This is the singular, its masculine and its feminine. The masculine is indicated by what? "With *dha*", and the feminine? Brother!
The student: *Dhi*.
The Shaykh : Yes, but?
The student: *Ti*.
The Shaykh : No one is speaking to him, no, no, yes.
The student: "the one who has."
The Shaykh : *Dhi*.
The student: *Ti*.
The Shaykh : And *ti*.
The student: *Dha*.
The Shaykh : *Dha*, yes.
The student: *Ta*.
The Shaykh : And *ta*, with the alif. These are four words by which the feminine is indicated. The most commonly used are: *dha* and *ti*. How many verses are there with *tilka* (that), *tilka al-rusul* (those messengers), *hadhihi imra'ah* (this woman), and the like.