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)

Etymology

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

Verb

בָּטַל • (batál) third-singular masculine past (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 בָּטַלְתִּיבָּטַלְנוּ
second בָּטַלְתָּבָּטַלְתְּבְּטַלְתֶּם1בְּטַלְתֶּן1
third בָּטַלבָּטְלָהבָּטְלוּ
present בָּטֵלבְּטֵלָהבְּטֵלִיםבְּטֵלוֹת
future first אֶבְטַלנִבְטַל
second תִּבְטַלתִּבְטְלִיתִּבְטְלוּתִּבְטַלְנָה2
third יִבְטַלתִּבְטַליִבְטְלוּתִּבְטַלְנָה2
imperative בְּטַלבִּטְלִיבִּטְלוּבְּטַלְנָה2
notes
  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) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ביטל

Verb

בֻּטַּל • (butál) third-singular masculine past (pu'al construction)

  1. defective spelling of בוטל
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