«الفعل أو معناه»
The verb or the meaning of the verb.
Ascription is not confined to a finite verb such as «كَتَبَ». Verbal nouns, active and passive participles, certain adjectives, comparatives and adverbial expressions may also carry an action-related meaning. The source explicitly widens the formula to such forms.
ExpressionExampleConnection
Finite verbضَرَبَ زَيْدٌStriking is assigned to Zayd
Verbal nounضَرْبُ زَيْدٍStriking is related to Zayd
Active participleزَيْدٌ ضَارِبٌBeing one who strikes is predicated of Zayd
These examples identify semantic ascription; the detailed grammatical interpretation of each form depends on context.