بطل

بَاطِلٌ باطل contr. of حَقٌّ; (S, K;) i. e. False, untrue, wrong or incorrect, fictitious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, (KL,) vain, unreal, naught, futile, worthless, useless, unprofitable, (KL, PS,) devoid of virtue or efficacy, ineffectual, null, void, of no force, or of no effect; (Msb;) that proves, when inquired into, or investigated, to be false, wrong, unfounded, unsound, or not established; applying to a saying, and [sometimes] to a deed: (TA:) [ going for nothing, as a thing of no account, or as a thing that has perished or become lost: (see the verb, 1, first sentence:) often used as a subst., meaning a false, or vain, saying, or assertion, or allegation; a lie; a falsehood: and a false, or vain, deed, or action, or affair, or thing; &c.:] and ↓ بُطْلٌ is syn. therewith, (Ham p. 114,) and so are ↓ أُبْطُولَةٌ and ↓ اـِبْطَالَةٌ: (K:) the pl. of بَاطِلٌ is بَوَاطِلُ; (Msb;) and بُطُلٌ occurs as a pl. of the same; (Ham p. 360;) or its pl. is أَبَاطِيلُ, contr. to analogy, (S, Msb,) as though the sing. were اـِبْطِيلٌ; (S;) or, accord. to AHát, this is pl. of ↓ أُبْطُولَةٌ, or, as some say, of ↓ اـِبْطَالَةٌ, (Msb,) or, accord. to As and AHát and IDrd, of both these; (TA;) and signifies false, or vain, sayings and actions or deeds. (K in art. هتر, &c.) You say, قَدْ قُلْتَ بَاطِلًا [ Thou hast said a false, or vain, saying; a lie; a falsehood ]; like as you say, قَدْ قُلْتَ حَقًّا. (Ham p. 360.) And يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ النَّاسِ بِالبَاطِلِ [ They devour the possessions of men by false pretence ]. (Kur ix. 34.) And ↓ بَيْنَهُمْ أُبْطُولَةٌ and ↓ اـِبْطَالَةٌ [ Between them is false, or vain, speech, or discourse, &c.]; syn. بَاطِلٌ. (K.) ― -b2- The belief in a plurality of Gods: so explained as occurring in the Kur xlii. 23. (TA.) ― -b3- See also بَطَّالٌ, in two places. [Hence,] بَاطِلًا In play, or sport; acting unprofitably; or aiming at no profit. (Jel in iii. 188 and xxxviii. 26.) ― -b4- البَاطِلُ Iblees: so in the Kur [xxxiv. 48], where it is said, مَا يُبْدِئُ ا@لْبَاطِلُ وَ مَا يُعِيدُ [explained in art. بدأ]: (Katádeh, K:) and again [xli. 42], where it is said, لَا يَأْتِيهِ ا@لْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ لَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ, [accord. to some,] meaning that Iblees shall not add to the Kur-án nor diminish therefrom: (TA:) ↓ بَطَلَةٌ [is its pl., and] signifies devils: (A, TA:) or enchanters. (O, K.)