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غلط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَلَطٌ ذ [an inf. n. used as a simple subst., Mistake; error; in speech; or in that and also in reckoning, or computation, &c.;] has for its pl. أَغْلَاطٌ; and ISd says, “ I see that IJ has made غِلَاطٌ its pl.; but I know not the reason of that. ” (TA.) ↓ مَغْلَطَةٌ also signifies the same in the saying, وَقَعَ فُلَانٌ فِى المَغْلَطَةِ [ Such a one fell into mistake, or error ]. (TA.) ― -b2- See also مَغْلُوطٌ.

Derived headwords

غَلَطٌ
  1. 1.
فُلَانٌ فِى المَغْلَطَةِ