خطأ

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

• IPA^(key): /xa.tˤaʔ/

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

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

• صَوَاب (ṣawāb)

• لَحْن (laḥn)

Adverbial accusative of خَطَأ (ḵaṭaʔ, “mistake”).

• IPA^(key): /xa.tˤa.ʔan/

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.

From خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, “to err”).

خَطَأ • (ḵaṭaʔ) (invariable)

1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
2. accidental

From خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, “to err”).

خَطَّأَ • (ḵaṭṭaʔa) II (non-past يُخَطِّئُ (yuḵaṭṭiʔu), verbal noun تَخْطِئَة (taḵṭiʔa) or تَخْطِيء (taḵṭīʔ))

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