باطل

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَطَلَ (baṭala, to be vain, to be false), from the root ب ط ل (b-ṭ-l).

Adjective

بَاطِل (bāṭil) (feminine بَاطِلَة (bāṭila), masculine plural بُطُل (buṭul))

  1. false
  2. vain, foolish
  3. useless

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Noun

بَاطِل (bāṭil) m (plural أَبَاطِيل (ʾabāṭīl) or بُطُل (buṭul) or بَوَاطِل (bawāṭil))

  1. falsehood
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:81:
      جَاءَ الْحَقُّ وَزَهَقَ الْبَاطِلُ إِنَّ الْبَاطِلَ كَانَ زَهُوقًا
      jāʾa l-ḥaqqu wazahaqa l-bāṭilu ʾinna l-bāṭila kāna zahūqan
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