LessonsFinal Characteristics of Derived Forms: Ifʿīlāl, Ifʿilāl, Faʿlala, Tafaʿlala, and Related PatternsQuiz

بَسْمَلَ
Translation: He recited “Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm.”
This illustrates abbreviated verbal expression: a familiar multiword phrase is represented by a conventional short verb.

Full phraseCompact verb
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِبَسْمَلَ

This is not simply deleting a few letters from any arbitrary word. It is a lexicalized way of naming the recitation of a known expression.

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Abbreviation in Faʿlala: Basmala as a Verb

Final Characteristics of Derived Forms: Ifʿīlāl, Ifʿilāl, Faʿlala, Tafaʿlala, and Related Patterns

بَسْمَلَ
Translation: He recited “Bismillāh al-Raḥmān al-Raḥīm.”
This illustrates abbreviated verbal expression: a familiar multiword phrase is represented by a conventional short verb.

Full phraseCompact verb
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيمِبَسْمَلَ

This is not simply deleting a few letters from any arbitrary word. It is a lexicalized way of naming the recitation of a known expression.