بَدَل
badal
Appositive substitute (badal)
Nahw · syntaxSyntactic roleadvanced term376+ in the Qur'an
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The substitute — a follower that restates its noun and takes the same case.
Classical definition
البَدَلُ تَابِعٌ مَقْصُودٌ بِالحُكْمِ بِلَا وَاسِطَةٍ، يَتْبَعُ مُبْدَلَهُ فِي إِعْرَابِهِ.
(الألفية)
How to spot it
Recognition test
A second noun that re-identifies the first and shares its case, with no connector between them, is a badal.
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