בטל

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Aramaic

Etymology

The verb “to be invalid” is inherited from Proto-Semitic *baṭal-. For the geminate verb compare the same in Ge'ez በጠለ (bäṭṭälä) and Arabic بَطَّلَ (baṭṭala).

Verb

בְּטַל (bəṭal)

  1. (intransitive) to cease
  2. (intransitive) to be invalid

Verb

בַּטֵּל (baṭṭēl)

  1. (transitive) to make cease, stop, cancel

Hebrew

Root
ב־ט־ל (b-ṭ-l)

Etymology

The verb “to be idle” is inherited from Proto-Semitic *baṭal-.

Verb

בָּטַל (batál) (pa'al construction)

  1. to cease to exist
  2. to be idle

Conjugation

Adjective

בָּטֵל (batél) (feminine בְּטֵלָה, masculine plural בְּטֵלִים, feminine plural בְּטֵלוֹת)

  1. worthless, valueless
  2. invalid, null, void
  3. (literary) unemployed

Derived terms

Adverb

בָּטֵל (batél)

  1. idly, aimlessly, purposelessly

Verb

בִּטֵּל (bitél) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ביטל

Verb

בֻּטַּל (butál) (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of בוטל