No. 2,784 in Arabic

ذاتها

"ذاتها" means "itself" or "herself."

In a sentence

هي ذاتها التي كتبت القصة.
She is the one who wrote the story herself.
In this sentence, 'ذاتها' is used as a pronoun to emphasize self-reference.
السيارة ذاتها تحتاج إلى إصلاح.
The car itself needs repair.
Here, 'ذاتها' emphasizes that it's this specific car being referred to.
المدينة، في ذاتها، جميلة جدًا.
The city, in itself, is very beautiful.
In this context, 'ذاتها' signifies intrinsic quality of the noun.

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