See also: تظل and تطل

Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ب ط ل (b-ṭ-l)

From Proto-Semitic *baṭal-.

Noun edit

بَطَل (baṭalm (plural أَبْطَال (ʔabṭāl), feminine بَطَلَة (baṭala))

  1. hero
  2. protagonist
Declension edit
Descendants edit
  • Swahili: abtali

Adjective edit

بَطَل (baṭal) (feminine بَطَلَة (baṭala), masculine plural أَبْطَال (ʔabṭāl), feminine plural بَطَلَات (baṭalāt))

  1. heroic, courageous
    • a. 965, Al-Mutanabbi, أَبْعَدُ نَأْيِ الْمَلِيحَةِ الْبَخَلُ (ʔabʕadu naʔyi l-malīḥati l-baḵalu):
      عُذْرُ الْمَلُومَيْنِ فِيكَ أَنَّهُمَا
      آسٍ جَبَانٌ وَمِبْضَعٌ بَطَلُ
      ʕuḏru l-malūmayni fīka ʔannahumā
      ʔāsin jabānun wa-mibḍaʕun baṭalu
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit

Verb edit

بَطُلَ (baṭula) I, non-past يَبْطُلُ‎ (yabṭulu)

  1. to be valiant, to be heroic
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Root
ب ط ل (b-ṭ-l)

The verb form I is inherited from Proto-Semitic *baṭal-.

Verb edit

بَطَلَ (baṭala) I, non-past يَبْطُلُ‎ (yabṭulu)

  1. to be or become null, void, futile, worthless, pointless
    إِذَا عُرِفَ السَّبَبُ بَطَلَ الْعَجَبُ.
    ʔiḏā ʕurifa s-sababu baṭala al-ʕajabu.
    When the reason is known, the wonder is lost.
Conjugation edit

Verb edit

بَطَّلَ (baṭṭala) II, non-past يُبَطِّلُ‎ (yubaṭṭilu)

  1. to nullify, to invalidate, to render ineffective, to rescind, to repeal, to revoke
Conjugation edit
Descendants edit

Noun edit

بُطْل (buṭlm

  1. verbal noun of بَطَلَ (baṭala) (form I)
Declension edit

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

بُطُل (buṭulm pl

  1. masculine plural of بَاطِل (bāṭil)

Gulf Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic بَطَل (baṭal).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈbətˤəlˤ/, /ˈbətˤəl/

Noun edit

بَطَل (baṭaḷm (feminine counterpart بَطَلة (baṭaḷa), dual بَطَلين (baṭalēn), plural اَبْطال (abṭāḷ))

  1. hero

Etymology 2 edit

From English bottle.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈbʊtˤʊlˤ/

Noun edit

بُطُل (buṭuḷm (dual بُطْلين (buṭlēn), plural بْطول (bṭūl) or بْطولة (bṭūla))

  1. bottle (especially a bottle made of plastic)

Etymology 3 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /ˈbətˤːəlˤ/, /ˈbətˤːəl/

Verb edit

بَطَّل (baṭṭal) (imperfect يبَطِّل (ybaṭṭil))

  1. to open
    متى يبطل محل الجواتي؟
    When does the shoe store open?
  2. to give up (a habit)
    مو ناوي تبطل زقاير
    Aren't you intending to stop smoking?
    ماقدر انام بليل من كثر ما اشرب قهوة متأخر، لازم ابطل هالعادة
    I can't sleep at night because of how much coffee I drink late; I have to give up this bad habit.

Iraqi Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English bottle.

Noun edit

بطل (buṭuḷm

  1. bottle
    انطيني بطل مي
    Give me a water bottle

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ب ط ل
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic بَطَّلَ (baṭṭala).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /batˤ.tˤal/, [ˈbɑtˤ.tˤɑl]
  • (file)

Verb edit

بطّل (baṭṭal) II (present ببطّل (bibaṭṭel))

  1. to quit, to stop
    بطّلت تشتري عنده.
    baṭṭalat tištri ʕindo
    She stopped buying at his [place].
  2. (by extension) anymore, no longer
    بطّلت توكل؟
    baṭṭalt tōkel
    You're not going to eat anymore?

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of بطّل (baṭṭal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بطّلت (baṭṭalt) بطّلت (baṭṭalt) بطّل (baṭṭal) بطّلنا (baṭṭalna) بطّلتو (baṭṭaltu) بطّلو (baṭṭalu)
f بطّلتي (baṭṭalti) بطّلت (baṭṭalat)
present m ببطّل (babaṭṭel) بتبطّل (bitbaṭṭel) ببطّل (bibaṭṭel) منبطّل (minbaṭṭel) بتبطّلو (bitbaṭṭlu) ببطّلو (bibaṭṭlu)
f بتبطّلي (bitbaṭṭli) بتبطّل (bitbaṭṭel)
subjunctive m ابطّل (abaṭṭel) تبطّل (tbaṭṭel) يبطّل (ybaṭṭel) نبطّل (nbaṭṭel) تبطّلو (tbaṭṭlu) يبطّلو (ybaṭṭlu)
f تبطّلي (tbaṭṭli) تبطّل (tbaṭṭel)
imperative m بطّل (baṭṭel) بطّلو (baṭṭlu)
f بطّلي (baṭṭli)