בטל

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)
10 terms

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

Conjugation of בָּטַל (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לבטול / לִבְטֹל
action noun
passive participle
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first בָּטַלְתִּי בָּטַלְנוּ
second בָּטַלְתָּ בָּטַלְתְּ בְּטַלְתֶּם1 בְּטַלְתֶּן1
third בָּטַל בָּטְלָה בָּטְלוּ
present בָּטֵל בְּטֵלָה בְּטֵלִים בְּטֵלוֹת
future first אֶבְטַל נִבְטַל
second תִּבְטַל תִּבְטְלִי תִּבְטְלוּ תִּבְטַלְנָה2
third יִבְטַל תִּבְטַל יִבְטְלוּ תִּבְטַלְנָה2
imperative בְּטַל בִּטְלִי בִּטְלוּ בְּטַלְנָה2

1 Pronounced בָּטַלְתֶּם and בָּטַלְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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