بطالة

Arabic

Morphologically from the root ب ط ل (b-ṭ-l).

بِطَالَة or بَطَالَة • (biṭāla or baṭāla) f

idleness
unemployment
اِنْخَفَضَتْ نِسْبَةُ ٱلْبِطَالَةِ فِي ٱلسَّنَوَاتِ ٱلْأَخِيرَةِ.
inḵafaḍat nisbatu l-biṭālati fī s-sanawāti l-ʔaḵīrati.
The unemployment rate has decreased in recent years.

Declension of noun بِطَالَة (biṭāla)‎; بَطَالَة (baṭāla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بِطَالَة‎; بَطَالَة biṭāla‎; baṭāla	الْبِطَالَة‎; الْبَطَالَة al-biṭāla‎; al-baṭāla	بِطَالَة‎; بَطَالَة biṭālat‎; baṭālat
Nominative	بِطَالَةٌ‎; بَطَالَةٌ biṭālatun‎; baṭālatun	الْبِطَالَةُ‎; الْبَطَالَةُ al-biṭālatu‎; al-baṭālatu	بِطَالَةُ‎; بَطَالَةُ biṭālatu‎; baṭālatu
Accusative	بِطَالَةً‎; بَطَالَةً biṭālatan‎; baṭālatan	الْبِطَالَةَ‎; الْبَطَالَةَ al-biṭālata‎; al-baṭālata	بِطَالَةَ‎; بَطَالَةَ biṭālata‎; baṭālata
Genitive	بِطَالَةٍ‎; بَطَالَةٍ biṭālatin‎; baṭālatin	الْبِطَالَةِ‎; الْبَطَالَةِ al-biṭālati‎; al-baṭālati	بِطَالَةِ‎; بَطَالَةِ biṭālati‎; baṭālati

Wehr, Hans (1979) “بطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN