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There are five special اسم that commonly appear as مضاف .They are special in that when they appear as مضاف they do not show their status through an ending sound. Rather, they show their status through the letter that corresponds with each ending حركة.

This means that if the word is:

·       مرفوع ,it would normally end in a ضمة ,then in the case of these special five words, it would end in a واو .

·       منصوب and would normally end in a فتحة ,it ends in an ألف.

·       مجرور and would normally end in a كسرة ,it ends in a ياء.

Notice that the last word in the table does not have a non مضاف version. This is because this word only ever appears as a مضاف .The feminine version of this word is ذاتٌ/ذاتً/ذاتٍ.This version also only appears as a مضاف; however, it displays its status in a normal way.