بَطَّالٌ

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بَطَّالٌ , applied to a man, signifies بَيِّنٌ ذُو [app. meaning Having a vain, or false, object or pursuit; manifesting the having such an object or pursuit: or, accord. to an explanation of ذو باطل by Bd in xxxviii. 26, i. q. مُبْطِلٌ and عَابِثٌ, i. e. jesting, or joking; (see بَطَلَ فِى حَدِيثِهِ, or بَطِلَ;) or saying what is untrue: and playing, or sporting, and doing that in which is no profit; as also بَاطِلٌ , q. v.]: one who jests, or jokes, in his discourse: one who is diverted from that which would bring profit in the present life or in that which is to come: idle; unoccupied: or exceedingly, or extremely, idle: or unoccupied and lazy; as also مُتَبَطِّلٌ . [In the present day it is commonly used as signifying Bad, worthless, and useless; applied to a man and to anything.]

def.2 See also بَطَلٌ.

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