Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/baṭal-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Verb

*baṭal-

to be idle, to be vain, to be null
to become idle, to become vain, to cease

Descendants

Akkadian: 𒁀𒁕𒇻 (baṭālu, “to cease, to come to an end”)
Amharic: በጠለ (bäṭṭälä, “to be spoiled, to be ruined, to be abolished”)
Arabic: بَطَلَ‎ (baṭala, “to become null, to become void”)
Aramaic: בְּטַל‎ (bᵊṭal, “to cease; to be invalid”)
- Classical Syriac: ܒܛܶܠ‎ (bᵊṭel, “to cease, to be abolished, to perish”)
Ge'ez: በጠለ (bäṭälä, “to be futile, to be void; to be reduced to nothing, to be abolished”)
Hebrew: בָּטַל‎ (batál, “to be idle, to be worthless”)

References

Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 113