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).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

بَاطِل (bāṭil) (feminine بَاطِلَة (bāṭila))

  1. false
    اِتِّهَامٌ بَاطِلٌittihāmun bāṭilunfalse accusation
    Antonyms: حَقّ (ḥaqq), صَحِيح (ṣaḥīḥ)
  2. vain
  3. useless
  4. invalid

Declension

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Noun

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

  1. falsehood
    مَا أُسِّسَ عَلَى بَاطِلٍ فَهُوَ بَاطِلٌ.
    mā ʔussisa ʕalā bāṭilin fahuwa bāṭilun.
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    Antonym: حَقّ (ḥaqq)
    • 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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  2. wrong, injustice
    Antonym: حَقّ (ḥaqq)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:188:
      وَلَا تَأْكُلُوا أَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَا إِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا فَرِيقًا مِنْ أَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالْإِثْمِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
      walā taʔkulū ʔamwālakum baynakum bi-l-bāṭili watudlū bihā ʔilā l-ḥukkāmi litaʔkulū farīqan min ʔamwāli n-nāsi bi-l-ʔiṯmi waʔantum taʕlamūna
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Declension

Derived terms

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