خطء

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of error, mistake, or sin. It encompasses both unintentional errors and deliberate wrongdoing, as well as the act of making a mistake or committing a sin.

Derived headwords

الخَطَأnoun

1.
the opposite of correctnessboth
the opposite of correctness

أَخْطَأَverb

1.
meaningboth
meaning
2.
in the matterboth
in the matter

ومن قتل مؤمنا خطأ — And whoever kills a believer by mistake

تَخَطَّأَverb

1.
meaningboth
meaning

خَطِئَverb

1.
with kasraboth
with kasra
2.
meaningboth
meaning
3.
the plural of multitude is خطىboth
the plural of multitude is خطى

إن قتلهم كان خطأ كبيرا — Indeed, their killing was a great sin

خَطَأًnoun

1.
from the category of عداboth
from the category of عدا

ومن قتل مؤمنا خطأ — And whoever kills a believer by mistake

الخَطِيئةnoun

1.
the nounboth
the noun

خَطِئَةnoun

1.
spears are attributed to it because they are carried from India and straightened thereboth
spears are attributed to it because they are carried from India and straightened there

خَطَايَاnoun

1.
sins, transgressionsboth
The plural of 'al-khaṭī'ah', referring to multiple sins or transgressions.

تَخْطِئَةnoun

1.
telling someone they erredclassical
The act of informing someone that they have made a mistake.

تَخْطِيئًاnoun

1.
telling someone they erredclassical
The act of informing someone that they have made a mistake; synonymous with 'takhṭi'ah'.

المُخْطِئnoun

1.
he who intended correctness but ended up with something elseboth
he who intended correctness but ended up with something else

الخَاطِئnoun

1.
he who intentionally did what is not appropriateboth
he who intentionally did what is not appropriate

تَخَاطَأَهُverb

1.
to miss it, to fail to hit itclassical
To miss something, such as a target or an intended object.

تخاطأت (1) النبل أحشاءه — The arrows missed his insides

Parallel reading

الخطأ: نقيض الصواب، وقد يمد.

Error: the opposite of correctness, and it may be elongated (pronounced with a long vowel).

وقرئ بهما قوله تعالى: (ومن قتل مؤمنا خطأ)

And it was recited in both ways (short and long vowel) in the Almighty's saying: (And whoever kills a believer by mistake)

تقول منه: أخطأت، وتخطأت، بمعنى واحد.

You say from it: 'akhṭa'ta' and 'takhāṭa'ta', with one meaning.

والخطء: الذنب، في قوله تعالى: (إن قتلهم كان خطأ كبيرا)

And 'al-khaṭa'' is the sin, in the Almighty's saying: (Indeed, their killing was a great sin)

أي إثما، تقول منه: خطئ يخطأ خطأ وخطأة، على فعلة، والاسم: الخطيئة، على فعيلة.

Meaning a sin. You say from it: 'khaṭi'a' yakhṭa'u khaṭa'an and khaṭa'atan (on the pattern of fa'lah), and the noun is 'al-khaṭī'ah', on the pattern of fa'īlah.

ما أخطأه، إنما هو تعجب من خطئ، لا من أخطأ.

What a mistake it is! It is merely an exclamation of wonder at sinning, not at making an error.

أبو عبيدة: خطئ وأخطأ لغتان بمعنى واحد.

Abu Ubaidah said: 'khaṭi'a' and 'akhṭa'a' are two dialects with one meaning.

وفى المثل: " مع الخواطئ سهم صائب "، يضرب للذي يكثر الخطأ، ويأتي الأحيان بالصواب.

And in the proverb: 'With the frequent mistake-makers, there is a hitting arrow,' it is used for one who makes many mistakes, yet occasionally hits the mark.

المخطئ من أراد الصواب، فصار إلى غيره، والخاطئ: من تعمد لما لا ينبغي.

The 'mukhti'' is one who intended the right thing but ended up with something else, and the 'khāṭi'' is one who deliberately does what is impermissible.

وتقول: خطأته تخطئة وتخطيئا، إذا قلت له: أخطأت، يقال: إن أخطأت فخطئني.

And you say: 'khaṭṭa'tahu takhṭi'atan and takhṭī'an', if you tell him: 'You have erred.' It is said: 'If I have erred, then blame me.'

وتخطأت له في المسألة أي أخطأت.

And 'takhāṭa'ta lahu fil-mas'alah' means you made a mistake in the matter.

وتخاطأه أي أخطأه، قال أوفى بن مطر المازني:

And 'takhāṭa'ahu' means to miss it. Uffā ibn Muṭarr al-Māzinī said:

بأن خليلك لم يقتل تخاطأت (1) النبل أحشاءه * وأخر يومي فلم يعجل

That your friend was not killed; the arrows missed his insides * And it was my last day, and he did not hasten.

وجمع الخطيئة خطايا، وكان الاصل خطائئ (2) ، - على فعائل - فلما اجتمعت الهمزتان قلبت الثانية ياء، لان قبلها كسرة، ثم استثقلت، والجمع ثقيل، وهو معتل مع ذلك، فقلبت الياء ألفا، ثم قلبت الهمزة الاولى ياء، لخفائها بين الالفين.

And the plural of 'al-khaṭī'ah' is 'khaṭāyā', and its original form was 'khaṭā'i'' (on the pattern of fa'ā'il). When the two hamzas met, the second was changed to a ya' because it was preceded by a kasrah, then it was felt as heavy, and the plural is heavy, and it is defective besides that, so the ya' was changed to an alif, then the first hamza was changed to a ya', because of its obscurity between the two alifs.