خطأ

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Arabic

Root
خ ط ء (ḵ-ṭ-ʔ)

Etymology 1

From خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, to err). Compare Hebrew חטא (to sin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xa.tˤaʔ/
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Noun

خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔm (plural أَخْطَاء (ʔaḵṭāʔ))

  1. verbal noun of خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa) (form I)
  2. mistake, error
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Descendants

Etymology 2

Adverbial accusative of خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ, mistake).

Pronunciation

Adverb

خَطَأً (ḵaṭaʔan)

  1. mistakenly, by mistake
    Synonym: غَلَطًا (ḡalaṭan)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:92:
      وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ أَن يَقْتُلَ مُؤْمِنًا إِلَّا خَطَأً
      wa-mā kāna li-muʔminin ʔan yaqtula muʔminan ʔillā ḵaṭaʔan
      And never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake.
Descendants

Etymology 3

From خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, to err).

Adjective

خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ) (invariable)

  1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
  2. accidental
Declension

Etymology 4

From خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, to err).

Verb

خَطَّأَ (ḵaṭṭaʔa) II, non-past يُخَطِّئُ‎ (yuḵaṭṭiʔu)

  1. to charge (with an offense), to implicate, to indict
  2. to accuse of a mistake
Conjugation