غلط

See also: غلظ

Arabic

Root
غ ل ط (ḡ-l-ṭ)

Etymology

From the root غ ل ط (ḡ-l-ṭ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.li.tˤa/

Verb

غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) I, non-past يَغْلَطُ‎ (yaḡlaṭu)

  1. to err
  2. to make a mistake
Conjugation
References

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.latˤ/
    • (Moroccan) IPA(key): /ɣa.latˤ/

Noun

غَلَط (ḡalaṭ) m (plural أَغْلَاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. verbal noun of غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) (form I)
  2. error, mistake
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: għelt
  • Armenian: ղալաթ (łalatʿ)
  • Azerbaijani: qələt
  • Chechen: гӏалат (ğalat)
  • Georgian: ღალატი (ɣalaṭi)
  • Indonesian: galat
  • Malay: ralat
  • Ottoman Turkish: غلط (ġalaṭ)
  • Persian: غلط (ğalat)
    • Bengali: গলদ (gôlôd), গলতি (gôlti)
    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: ग़लत (ġalat)
      Urdu: غلط (ġalat)
    • Pashto: غلط (ǧalát)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਗਲਤ (galat)
      Shahmukhi script: غلط (ġalat)
    • Uzbek: gʻalat
    • Uyghur: غەلەت (ghelet)
  • Tajik: ғалат (ġalat)
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), غلط”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Adjective

غَلَط (ḡalaṭ)

  1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.laˈt̪/

Adjective

غلط (ǧalat)

  1. wrong
    Synonym: ناسم (nâsëm)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

  • (Dari): IPA(key): /ɣalat/

Adjective

غلط (ğalat)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun

غلط (ğalat) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalat-hâ))

  1. wrong
  2. mistake
  3. error

Descendants

  • Bengali: গলদ (gôlôd), গলতি (gôlti)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: ग़लत (ġalat)
    Urdu: غلط (ġalat)
  • Pashto: غلط (ǧalát)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗਲਤ (galat)
    Shahmukhi script: غلط (ġalat)
  • Uzbek: gʻalat
  • Uyghur: غەلەت (ghelet)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
غ ل ط

Etymology 1

From Arabic غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣi.litˤ/, [ˈɣi.lɪtˤ]
  • (file)

Verb

غلط (ḡiliṭ) (form I, present بغلط (biḡlaṭ))

  1. to make a mistake
    Synonym: أخطى (ʔaḵṭa)
  2. (+ على) to wrong, to offend, to insult
    ما تسمح لحدا مين ما كان يغلط عليك.
    mā tismaḥ la-ḥada mīn mā kān yiḡlaṭ ʕalēk
    Don't let anyone — whoever it may be — insult you.
Conjugation
    Conjugation of غلط (ḡiliṭ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلط (ḡiliṭ) غلطنا (ḡliṭna) غلطتو (ḡliṭtu) غلطو (ḡilṭu)
f غلطتي (ḡliṭti) غلطت (ḡilṭat)
present m بغلط (baḡlaṭ) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ) بغلط (biḡlaṭ) منغلط (mniḡlaṭ) بتغلطو (btiḡlaṭu) بغلطو (biḡlaṭu)
f بتغلطي (btiḡlaṭi) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ)
subjunctive m أغلط (ʔaḡlaṭ) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ) يغلط (yiḡlaṭ) نغلط (niḡlaṭ) تغلطو (tiḡlaṭu) يغلطو (yiḡlaṭu)
f تغلطي (tiḡlaṭi) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ)
imperative m اغلط (iḡlaṭ) اغلطو (iḡlaṭu)
f اغلطي (iḡlaṭi)

Etymology 2

From Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.latˤ/, [ˈɣɑ.lɑtˤ]
  • (file)

Noun

غلط (ḡalaṭ) m (plural أغلاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. mistake, error
    Synonym: غلطة (ḡalṭa)
  2. wrong, incorrect
    الجواب غلط.
    il-jawāb ḡalaṭ
    The answer is wrong.
    فهمتني غلط.
    fhemt-ni ḡalaṭ
    You misunderstood me.
    Antonyms: صحيح (ṣaḥīḥ, adjective), صح (ṣaḥḥ, interjection)
Usage notes
  • Although غلط (ḡalaṭ) is a noun, it's usage covers situations where an adjective or adverb would be used in English.
See also
  • غلطان (ḡalṭān, wrong, mistaken (of people))

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Adjective

غلط (ġalat) (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun

غلط (ġalat) m (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. mistake
  2. error

See also

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