SPECIAL مضاف
There are a handful of words in Arabic that always appear as مضاف but do not necessarily create the meaning of belonging or possession.
MEMORIZE them along with their meanings.
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Between |
بَيْنَ |
In front of |
أَمامَ |
Above |
فَوقَ |
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Around/Surrounding |
حَولَ |
Behind |
خَلْفَ |
Under |
تَحْتَ |
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With/At/By |
عِنْدَ |
Right in front of |
قَدَّامَ |
Before |
قَبْلَ |
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With/In support of |
مَعَ |
Far behind |
وَرآءَ |
After |
بَعْدَ |
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Especially from |
مِنْ لَدُنْ |
In the presence of |
لَدَى |
Besides/Other than/Less than |
دُونَ |
The words above remain منصوب unless preceded by a حرف جر.The Arabic term for these special مضاف is ظَرْف. Note that لَدُنْ is always preceded by a مِنْ. The مِنْ is a جر حرف. Together لَدُنْ and مِنْ make a ظرف.
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Some of |
بَعْضٌ |
Any/Which |
أَيٌّ |
All/Each/Every |
كُلٌّ |
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Like |
مِثْلُ |
The same |
نَفْسُ |
Other than/ Non |
غَيْرُ |
The above special مضاف do not denote time or place and can appear in any status.