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"
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  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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