ب د اb-d-ʾ
(ف) بَدَاَ يَبْدَاُ بَدْءًاbadaʾa yabdaʾu badʾan: to begin a thing, to initiate. ﴿كَمَا بَدَاَكُمْ تَعُوْدُوْنَ﴾ (Al-Aʿrāf 7:29)
Form IV (ifʿāl) اَبْدَاَ يُبْدِئُ اِبْدَاءًabdaʾa yubdiʾu ibdāʾan: synonymous with the bare triliteral (thulāthī mujarrad), to begin. ﴿اِنَّهُۥ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيْدُ﴾ (Al-Burūj 85:13)
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِبْتَدَأَ يَبْتَدِئُ اِبْتِدَاءًibtadaʾa yabtadiʾu ibtidāʾan: to begin; to commence (this verb is not used in the Quran).