Some nouns are such that their three states (nominative, accusative and genitive) are denoted by letters. They are called the five magnified nouns in Arabic – الْأَسْمَاءُ الخَمْسَةُ المُكَبَّرَةُ. The nominative- المرفوع: is denoted by و The accusative المَنصوب: is denoted by ا the genitive المَجْرُور: is denoted by ى The following five nouns show