Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تبطّلوا

Root: بطل

Form: 5

Full Definition

تبطّلواV They took it by turns to say, or to do, that which was false, wrong, vain, futile, or the like; syn. تَدَالُوا البَاطِلَ.
2 [تبطّل, said in the Mgh to be from البَطَالَةُ, (see بَطَلَ, or بَطَلَ مِنَ العَمَلِ,) app. signifies, as its part. n. (q. v. voce بَطَّالٌ) indicates, He became unoccupied and lazy.]

def.2 See also 1, near the end of the paragraph.


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