غلط

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See also: غلظ

Arabic

Root
غ ل ط (ḡ-l-ṭ)

Pronunciation 1

Verb

غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) I, non-past يَغْلَطُ‎ (yaḡlaṭu)

  1. to err
  2. to make a mistake
Conjugation
References

Pronunciation 2

Noun

غَلَط (ḡalaṭm (plural أَغْلَاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. verbal noun of غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) (form I)
  2. error, mistake
Declension
Descendants
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “غلط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

غَلَط (ḡalaṭ)

  1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

غلط (ǧalat)

  1. wrong
    Synonym: ناسم (nâsëm)

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ğalat
Dari reading? ğalat
Iranian reading? ğalat
Tajik reading? ġalat

Adjective

غلط (ğalat)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun

غلط (ğalat) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalat-hâ))

  1. wrong
  2. mistake
  3. error
Related terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Back-formation from غلطیدن (ğaltidan), غلتیدن (ğaltidan, to roll), if not vice versa.

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? ğalt
Dari reading? ğalt
Iranian reading? ğalt
Tajik reading? ġalt

Noun

غلط (ğalt) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalt-hâ))

  1. rotation, roll
Derived terms

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ل ط
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣi.litˤ/,
  • (file)

Verb

غلط (ḡiliṭ) I (present بغلط (biḡlaṭ))

  1. to make a mistake
    Synonym: أخطى (ʔaḵṭa)
  2. (+ على) to wrong, to offend, to insult
    ما تسمح لحدا مين ما كان يغلط عليك.
    mā tismaḥ la-ḥada mīn mā kān yiḡlaṭ ʕalēk
    Don't let anyone — whoever it may be — insult you.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of غلط (ḡiliṭ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلط (ḡiliṭ) غلطنا (ḡliṭna) غلطتو (ḡliṭtu) غلطو (ḡilṭu)
f غلطتي (ḡliṭti) غلطت (ḡilṭat)
present m بغلط (baḡlaṭ) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ) بغلط (biḡlaṭ) منغلط (mniḡlaṭ) بتغلطو (btiḡlaṭu) بغلطو (biḡlaṭu)
f بتغلطي (btiḡlaṭi) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ)
subjunctive m أغلط (ʔaḡlaṭ) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ) يغلط (yiḡlaṭ) نغلط (niḡlaṭ) تغلطو (tiḡlaṭu) يغلطو (yiḡlaṭu)
f تغلطي (tiḡlaṭi) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ)
imperative m اغلط (iḡlaṭ) اغلطو (iḡlaṭu)
f اغلطي (iḡlaṭi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

Noun

غلط (ḡalaṭm (plural أغلاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. mistake, error
    Synonym: غلطة (ḡalṭa)
  2. wrong, incorrect
    Antonyms: صحيح (ṣaḥīḥ, adjective), صح (ṣaḥḥ, interjection)
    الجواب غلط.
    il-jawāb ḡalaṭ
    The answer is wrong.
    فهمتني غلط.
    fhemt-ni ḡalaṭ
    You misunderstood me.
Usage notes
  • Although غلط (ḡalaṭ) is a noun, it's usage covers situations where an adjective or adverb would be used in English.
See also
  • غلطان (ḡalṭān, wrong, mistaken (of people))

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Adjective

غلط (ġalat) (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun

غلط (ġalatm (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. mistake
  2. error

See also