Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Synthetic quadriliteral verb (Form Iq) derived from the consonants of the phrase بِسْمِ اللّٰه (bismi llāh, in the name of God).

Verb edit

بَسْمَلَ (basmala) Iq, non-past يُبَسْمِلُ‎ (yubasmilu)

  1. (Islam) To say: بِسْمِ الْلّٰهِ (الْرَحْمٰنِ الْرَحِيمِ) (bismi llāhi [r-raḥmāni r-raḥīmi], in the name of God [the Compassionate, the Merciful]).
  2. (Christianity) To recite the Trinitarian formula (بِاسْمِ الْأَبِ وَالِابْنِ وَالرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ (bi-smi l-ʔabi wa-l-ibni wa-r-rūḥi l-qudusi, In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit))

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