خطء

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ط ء (ḵ-ṭ-ʾ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xitˤʔ/

Noun

خِطْء (ḵiṭʾ) m (plural أَخْطَاء (ʾaḵṭāʾ))

  1. verbal noun of خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʾa, to sin) (form I)
  2. sin
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:
      وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
      walā taqtulū ʾawlādakum ḵašyata ʾimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum waʾiyyākum ʾinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʾan kabīran
      And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

Declension

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