LessonsBadal: Definition, Four Types, and ParsingQuiz

وَبَدَلُ الْبَعْضِ مِنَ الْكُلِّ: وَهُوَ مَا مَدْلُولُهُ جُزْءُ مَدْلُولِ الْمَتْبُوعِ، نَحْوُ: «ضَرَبْتُ زَيْدًا رَأْسَهُ».
Translation: Part-for-whole badal denotes a component of the antecedent, as in: I struck Zayd—his head.

The head is an actual part of Zayd. The attached pronoun -hu links the part back to its antecedent.

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Part-for-Whole Badal

Badal: Definition, Four Types, and Parsing

وَبَدَلُ الْبَعْضِ مِنَ الْكُلِّ: وَهُوَ مَا مَدْلُولُهُ جُزْءُ مَدْلُولِ الْمَتْبُوعِ، نَحْوُ: «ضَرَبْتُ زَيْدًا رَأْسَهُ».
Translation: Part-for-whole badal denotes a component of the antecedent, as in: I struck Zayd—his head.

The head is an actual part of Zayd. The attached pronoun -hu links the part back to its antecedent.