بَتْلٌ

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بَتْلٌ A gift that is [as it were] cut off; i. e., of which there is not the like; or after which another is not given. And صَدَقَةٌ بَتْلَةٌ, and صدقة بَتَّةٌ بَتْلَةٌ, An alms, or a gift for the sake of God, cut off from its giver: or cut off from all the property [irrevocably], to be devoted to the cause of God. (O, TA. [See also art. بت.]) You say also, أَعْطَيْتُهُ هٰذِهِ العَطِيَّةَ بَتَّا بَتْلًا: see art. بت. And طَلَّقَهَا بَتَّةً بَتْلَةً; or طلّقها طَلْقَةً بَتَّةً بَتْلَةً; [He divorced her by a separating divorce; or by a decided and irrevocable divorce; (see art. بت;)] the last word being a corroborative of that next preceding it. And حَلَفَ يَمِينًا بَتْلَةً He swore a decided [or an irrevocable] oath. (M, TA. [See also a similar phrase voce بَتُّ.])
2 Also Truth; or true: whence بَتْلًا in truth; or truly.

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