خطأ

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

خَطَأ • (ḵaṭaʾ) m (plural أَخْطَاء‎ (ʾaḵṭāʾ))

  1. verbal noun of خَطِئَ‎ (ḵaṭiʾa) (form I)
  2. mistake, error
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:92:
      ‏وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ أَن يَقْتُلَ مُؤْمِنًا إِلَّا خَطَأً‎‎
      wa-mā kāna li-muʾminin ʾan yaqtula muʾminan ʾillā ḵaṭaʾan
      And never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake.

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Descendants

  • → Armenian: խաթա (xatʿa)
  • → Azerbaijani: xəta
  • → Bashkir: хата (xata)
  • → Georgian: ხათა (xata)
  • → Kazakh: қате (qate)
  • → Tajik: хато (xato)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: خطا‎ (hata)
  • → Persian: خطا‎ (xatâ)

Adjective

خَطَأ • (ḵaṭaʾ) (invariable)

  1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
  2. accidental

Declension

Verb

خَطَّأَ • (ḵaṭṭaʾa) II, non-past يُخَطِّئُ‎‎ (yuḵaṭṭiʾu)

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

Conjugation

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