أبطل

See also: ابطل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ط ل (b-ṭ-l)

Compare Ge'ez አብጠለ (ʾäbṭälä) with the same meaning except the modern ones.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔab.tˤa.la/

Verb

أَبْطَلَ • (ʔabṭala) IV, non-past يُبْطِلُ‎ (yubṭilu)

1. to prove false, to disprove

   Antonym: أَحَقَّ (ʔaḥaqqa)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 8:8:

     لِيُحِقَّ الْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ الْبَاطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُجْرِمُونَ

     liyuḥiqqa l-ḥaqqa wayubṭila l-bāṭila walaw kariha l-mujrimūna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to nullify, to invalidate, to render ineffective, to rescind, to repeal, to revoke
3. to defuse, to shut down, to extinguish, to deactivate, to neutralize
4. to defeat, to render futile, to quash, to foil, to frustrate, to thwart
5. (intransitive) to assert a falsehood, to be wrong
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 40:78:

     فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ قُضِيَ بِالْحَقِّ وَخَسِرَ هُنَالِكَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ

     faʔiḏā jāʔa ʔamru l-lahi quḍiya bi-l-ḥaqqi waḵasira hunālika al-mubṭilūna

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of

أَبْطَلَ

(form-IV sound)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						إِبْطَال ʔibṭāl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُبْطِل mubṭil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُبْطَل mubṭal
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أَبْطَلْتُ ʔabṭaltu	أَبْطَلْتَ ʔabṭalta	أَبْطَلَ ʔabṭala		أَبْطَلْتُمَا ʔabṭaltumā	أَبْطَلَا ʔabṭalā		أَبْطَلْنَا ʔabṭalnā	أَبْطَلْتُمْ ʔabṭaltum	أَبْطَلُوا ʔabṭalū
	f		أَبْطَلْتِ ʔabṭalti	أَبْطَلَتْ ʔabṭalat			أَبْطَلَتَا ʔabṭalatā			أَبْطَلْتُنَّ ʔabṭaltunna	أَبْطَلْنَ ʔabṭalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبْطِلُ ʔubṭilu	تُبْطِلُ tubṭilu	يُبْطِلُ yubṭilu		تُبْطِلَانِ tubṭilāni	يُبْطِلَانِ yubṭilāni		نُبْطِلُ nubṭilu	تُبْطِلُونَ tubṭilūna	يُبْطِلُونَ yubṭilūna
	f		تُبْطِلِينَ tubṭilīna	تُبْطِلُ tubṭilu			تُبْطِلَانِ tubṭilāni			تُبْطِلْنَ tubṭilna	يُبْطِلْنَ yubṭilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبْطِلَ ʔubṭila	تُبْطِلَ tubṭila	يُبْطِلَ yubṭila		تُبْطِلَا tubṭilā	يُبْطِلَا yubṭilā		نُبْطِلَ nubṭila	تُبْطِلُوا tubṭilū	يُبْطِلُوا yubṭilū
	f		تُبْطِلِي tubṭilī	تُبْطِلَ tubṭila			تُبْطِلَا tubṭilā			تُبْطِلْنَ tubṭilna	يُبْطِلْنَ yubṭilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبْطِلْ ʔubṭil	تُبْطِلْ tubṭil	يُبْطِلْ yubṭil		تُبْطِلَا tubṭilā	يُبْطِلَا yubṭilā		نُبْطِلْ nubṭil	تُبْطِلُوا tubṭilū	يُبْطِلُوا yubṭilū
	f		تُبْطِلِي tubṭilī	تُبْطِلْ tubṭil			تُبْطِلَا tubṭilā			تُبْطِلْنَ tubṭilna	يُبْطِلْنَ yubṭilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		أَبْطِلْ ʔabṭil			أَبْطِلَا ʔabṭilā				أَبْطِلُوا ʔabṭilū
	f		أَبْطِلِي ʔabṭilī							أَبْطِلْنَ ʔabṭilna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	أُبْطِلْتُ ʔubṭiltu	أُبْطِلْتَ ʔubṭilta	أُبْطِلَ ʔubṭila		أُبْطِلْتُمَا ʔubṭiltumā	أُبْطِلَا ʔubṭilā		أُبْطِلْنَا ʔubṭilnā	أُبْطِلْتُمْ ʔubṭiltum	أُبْطِلُوا ʔubṭilū
	f		أُبْطِلْتِ ʔubṭilti	أُبْطِلَتْ ʔubṭilat			أُبْطِلَتَا ʔubṭilatā			أُبْطِلْتُنَّ ʔubṭiltunna	أُبْطِلْنَ ʔubṭilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُبْطَلُ ʔubṭalu	تُبْطَلُ tubṭalu	يُبْطَلُ yubṭalu		تُبْطَلَانِ tubṭalāni	يُبْطَلَانِ yubṭalāni		نُبْطَلُ nubṭalu	تُبْطَلُونَ tubṭalūna	يُبْطَلُونَ yubṭalūna
	f		تُبْطَلِينَ tubṭalīna	تُبْطَلُ tubṭalu			تُبْطَلَانِ tubṭalāni			تُبْطَلْنَ tubṭalna	يُبْطَلْنَ yubṭalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُبْطَلَ ʔubṭala	تُبْطَلَ tubṭala	يُبْطَلَ yubṭala		تُبْطَلَا tubṭalā	يُبْطَلَا yubṭalā		نُبْطَلَ nubṭala	تُبْطَلُوا tubṭalū	يُبْطَلُوا yubṭalū
	f		تُبْطَلِي tubṭalī	تُبْطَلَ tubṭala			تُبْطَلَا tubṭalā			تُبْطَلْنَ tubṭalna	يُبْطَلْنَ yubṭalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُبْطَلْ ʔubṭal	تُبْطَلْ tubṭal	يُبْطَلْ yubṭal		تُبْطَلَا tubṭalā	يُبْطَلَا yubṭalā		نُبْطَلْ nubṭal	تُبْطَلُوا tubṭalū	يُبْطَلُوا yubṭalū
	f		تُبْطَلِي tubṭalī	تُبْطَلْ tubṭal			تُبْطَلَا tubṭalā			تُبْطَلْنَ tubṭalna	يُبْطَلْنَ yubṭalna

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

أَبْطُلُ • (ʔabṭulu) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active indicative of بَطَلَ (baṭala)

Verb

أَبْطُلَ • (ʔabṭula) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of بَطَلَ (baṭala)

Verb

أَبْطُلْ • (ʔabṭul) (form I)

1. first-person singular non-past active jussive of بَطَلَ (baṭala)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ط ل
2 terms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أَبْطَلَ (ʔabṭala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔab.tˤal/, [ˈʔɑb.tˤɑl]

• Audio (al-Lidd)

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Verb

أبطل • (ʔabṭal) IV (present ببطل (bibṭel))

1. to neutralize, to dismantle, to disarm

Conjugation

Conjugation of أبطل (ʔabṭal)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	أبطلت (ʔabṭalt)	أبطلت (ʔabṭalt)	أبطل (ʔabṭal)		أبطلنا (ʔabṭalna)	أبطلتو (ʔabṭaltu)	أبطلو (ʔabṭalu)
	f		ابطلتي (ʔabṭalti)	أبطلت (ʔabṭalat)
present	m	ببطل (babṭil)	بتبطل (btibṭil)	ببطل (bibṭil)		منبطل (mnibṭil)	بتبطلو (btibṭilu)	ببطلو (bibṭilu)
	f		بتبطلي (btibṭili)	بتبطل (btibṭil)
subjunctive	m	ابطل (abṭil)	تبطل (tibṭil)	يبطل (yibṭil)		نبطل (nibṭil)	تبطلو (tibṭilu)	يبطلو (yibṭilu)
	f		تبطلي (tibṭili)	تبطل (tibṭil)
imperative	m		ابطل (ibṭil)				ابطلو (ibṭilu)
	f		ابطلي (ibṭili)