غلط

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of making mistakes, errors, or falling into error. It extends to the act of misleading someone, and also to deceptive or fallacious arguments or questions.

Derived headwords

غَلَطَverb

1.
he erred in the matter: he fell short in it and wasted it until it was lostboth
he erred in the matter: he fell short in it and wasted it until it was lost

يَغْلِطُverb

1.
to err (present)both
The present tense form of the verb 'to err', indicating an ongoing or habitual mistake.

غَلَطًاnoun

1.
an errorboth
The act or instance of making a mistake; an error.

أَغْلَطَverb

1.
to cause to errboth
To make someone else commit an error or fall into mistake.

غَالَطَverb

1.
to deceiveboth
To engage in trickery or deception, to mislead someone.

مُغَالَطَةًnoun

1.
deceptionboth
The act of deceiving or misleading; trickery.
2.
fallacyboth
A deceptive argument or statement; a fallacy.

التَّغْلِيطُnoun

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

الاغْلُوطَةُnoun

1.
with a damma, that by which one errs in mattersboth
with a damma, that by which one errs in matters

الاغَالِيطُnoun

1.
fallaciesclassical
Plural of 'al-ughlūṭah', referring to deceptive or fallacious matters.

Parallel reading

غَلَطَ في الأمر يغلط غلطا

He erred in the matter, he errs, an error.

وأغلطه غيره

And others caused him to err.

والعرب تقول غلط في منطقه

And the Arabs say: he erred in his speech.

وغلت في الحساب

And he erred in the calculation.

وبعضهم يجعلهما لغتين بمعنى

And some of them consider them two linguistic variants with the same meaning.

وغالطه مغالطة

And he deceived him with deception.

والتغليط: أن تقول للرجل: غلطت

And 'at-taghlīṭ' is: to say to a man: 'You erred'.

والاغلوطة: ما يغلط به من المسائل

And 'al-ughlūṭah' is: that by which one is misled from the questions.

ونهى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عن الاغلوطات

And the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, forbade fallacious questions.

حدثته حديثا ليس بالاغاليط

I told him a narration that was not among the fallacies.