خطأ

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

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خَطَأ • (ḵaṭaʔ) m (plural أَخْطَاء‎ (ʔaḵṭāʔ))

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• صَوَاب‎ (ṣawāb)

• لَحْن‎ (laḥn)

خَطَأ • (ḵaṭaʔ) (invariable)

1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
2. accidental

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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

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

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