بطل

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See also: تظل and تطل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ب ط ل (b ṭ l)
10 terms

From Proto-Semitic *baṭal-.

Noun

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

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

Adjective

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

Verb

بَطُلَ (baṭula) I (non-past يَبْطُلُ (yabṭulu), verbal noun بَطَالَة (baṭāla) or بُطُولَة (buṭūla))

  1. to be valiant, to be heroic
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Root
ب ط ل (b ṭ l)
10 terms

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

Verb

بَطَلَ (baṭala) I (non-past يَبْطُلُ (yabṭulu), verbal noun بُطْل (buṭl) or بُطْلَان (buṭlān))

  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

Verb

بَطَّلَ (baṭṭala) II (non-past يُبَطِّلُ (yubaṭṭilu), verbal noun تَبْطِيل (tabṭīl))

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

Noun

بُطْل (buṭlm

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

بُطُل (buṭulm pl

  1. masculine plural of بَاطِل (bāṭil)

Gulf Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَطَل (baṭal).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَطَل (baṭaḷm (dual بَطَلين (baṭalēn), plural أبْطال (ʔabṭāḷ), feminine بَطَلة (baṭaḷa))

  1. hero

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bottle.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. bottle (especially a bottle made of plastic)

Etymology 3

From Arabic بَطَّلَ (baṭṭala).

Pronunciation

Verb

بَطَّل (baṭṭal) II (non-past يبَطِّل (ybaṭṭil))

  1. (intransitive) to open
    متى يبطل محل الجواتي؟When does the shoe store open?
  2. (transitive) to give up, to quit (a habit)
    مو ناوي تبطل زقايرAren't you intending to quit 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.

Hijazi Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic بَطَل (baṭal).

Pronunciation

Noun

بَطَل (baṭaḷm (dual بَطَلين (baṭalēn), plural أبْطال (ʔabṭāḷ), feminine بَطَلة (baṭaḷa))

  1. hero

Etymology 2

From Arabic بَطَّلَ (baṭṭala).

Pronunciation

Verb

بَطَّل (baṭṭal) II (non-past يِبَطِّل (yibaṭṭil))

  1. (transitive) to give up, to quit (a habit), to stop
  2. (by extension) anymore, no longer

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from English bottle.

Noun

بطل (buṭuḷm

  1. bottle
    انطيني بطل مي
    Give me a water bottle

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ب ط ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَطَّلَ (baṭṭala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /batˤ.tˤal/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

    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)