batal

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈtal/ [baˈtal̪]
  • Hyphenation: ba‧tal

Noun

batál (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜎ᜔)

  1. callous
    Synonym: kubal

Derived terms

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧tal
  • IPA(key): /baˈtal/ [bɐˈt̪al̪]

Noun

batál

  1. hardened part of an otherwise soft or semisoft surface (such as of a lump or a blood clot)

Verb

batál

  1. to form a hard surface on something otherwise soft
  2. to be brazen

Derived terms

  • batal ang nawong (brazen; shameless)
  • batalan (raised floor made of stone or wood, found at the back of the kitchen and used to store jars and for washing)
  • mabatal (to stay put)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay batal, from Arabic بَطَّال (baṭṭāl), بَطَلَ (baṭala, to be or become null, void, futile, worthless, pointless).

Pronunciation

Adjective

batal (comparative lebih batal, superlative paling batal)

  1. void, invalid
  2. fail, fruitless, unsuccessful

Derived terms

Further reading

Ladino

Adjective

batal

  1. idle

Synonyms

Maltese

Root
b-t-l
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَطَلَ (baṭala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.tal/

Verb

batal (imperfect jibtal, past participle mibtul)

  1. to become vacant, empty
  2. to take a break

Conjugation

Conjugation of batal (Form I)
positive forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m btalt btalt batal btalna btaltu batlu
f batlet
imperfect m nibtal tibtal jibtal nibtlu tibtlu jibtlu
f tibtal
imperative ibtal ibtlu
negative forms
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m btaltx btaltx batalx btalniex btaltux batlux
f batlitx
imperfect m nibtalx tibtalx jibtalx nibtlux tibtlux jibtlux
f tibtalx
imperative tibtalx tibtlux

Maranao

Verb

batal

  1. to mar
  2. to corrupt
  3. to render unchaste

Derived terms

  • batabatal

Nubi

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic بطال (baṭṭāl). Cognate with Juba Arabic bataal.

Adjective

batál

  1. bad

References

  • Wellens, Ineke (2005), The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بطل (batal, useless).

Noun

batal m (plural batali)

  1. wether

Declension

Declension of batal
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative batal batalul batali batalii
genitive-dative batal batalului batali batalilor
vocative batalule batalilor

See also