بَطَلٌ

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بَطَلٌ , said to be the only epithet of its measure except حَسَنٌ; (TA in art. حسن;) applied to a man, Courageous, brave, or strong-hearted, on the occasion of war, or fight; [commonly used as a subst., meaning a man of courage or valour, a brave man, a hero;] as also بَطَّالٌ ; one whose wound goes for nothing, so that he does not care for it, and it does not withhold him from the exercise of his courage; or the blood of whose adversaries goes for nothing with him, unrevenged: or for this reason he is thus called; or because life is annulled, or made to go for nothing, on the occasion of encountering him, and severe misfortunes are annulled by him, or by his sword, and made to be of no account: and so بَطَلَةٌ applied to a woman; accord. to one of the expositors of the Hamáseh; but AZ says that this is not allowable: the pl. of بَطَلٌ is أَبْطَالٌ.

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