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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.

Meaning

Non مضاف

As مضاف

جر

نَصْب

رفع

Father

 أَبٌ

 أَبِيْ

 أَبا

أَبُو

Brother

أَخٌ

 أَخِيْ

 أَخا

 أَخُوْ

Father-in-law

حَمٌ

حَمِيْ

حَما

حَمُوْ

Mouth

 فَمٌ

فِيْ

 فَا

 فُوْ

Possessor of

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 ذِيْ

 ذا

 ذُوْ

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.