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بَطَّالٌ بطال , applied to a man, signifies بَيِّنٌ ↓ ذُو بَاطِلٍ ↓ البُطُولِ [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.]: (K:) 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: (TA:) idle; unoccupied: (S, Msb:) or exceedingly, or extremely, idle: (KL:) or unoccupied and lazy; as also ↓ مُتَبَطِّلٌ . (Mgh.) [In the present day it is commonly used as signifying Bad, worthless, and useless; applied to a man and to anything.] -A2- See also بَطَلٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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