أخطأ

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ط ء‎ (ḵ-ṭ-ʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔax.tˤa.ʔa/

Verb

أَخْطَأَ • (ʔaḵṭaʔa) IV, non-past يُخْطِئُ‎‎ (yuḵṭiʔu)

  1. to miss (to fail to hit)
    Antonym: أَصَابَ‎ (ʔaṣāba)
    • (Can we date this quote?), quoting خَوْد بنت مطرود البَجَليّة, مجمع الأمثال:
      ‏أَنْكِحْنِي عَلَى قَدْرِي، وَلَا تُشْطِطْ فِي مَهْرِي، فَإِنْ تُخْطِئْنِي أَحْلَامُهُم، لَا تُخْطِئْنِي أَجْسَامُهُم، لَعَلِّي أُصِيبُ وَلَدًا، وَأُكْثِرُ عَدَدًا"‎‎
      ʔankiḥnī ʕalā qadrī, walā tušṭiṭ fī mahrī, faʔin tuḵṭiʔnī ʔaḥlāmuhum, lā tuḵṭiʔnī ʔajsāmuhum, laʕallī ʔuṣību waladan, waʔukṯiru ʕadadan"
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. to be mistaken; to err
  3. to sin

Conjugation

Further reading

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “خ ط ء”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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