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خطا

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of stepping, walking, and moving forward. It extends to concepts of distance covered in a step, surpassing or bypassing something, and metaphorically, averting or pushing away misfortune.

Derived headwords

الخُطْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    with damma: the distance between the two feetboth

    with damma: the distance between the two feet

  2. 2.
    with fatha: the single stepboth

    with fatha: the single step

خُطُواتnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on itboth

    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on it

  2. 2.
    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'both

    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'

خُطُواتnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on itboth

    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on it

  2. 2.
    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'both

    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'

خُطُواتnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on itboth

    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on it

  2. 2.
    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'both

    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'

خُطَىnoun
  1. 1.
    with kasraboth

    with kasra

  2. 2.
    meaningboth

    meaning

  3. 3.
    the plural of multitude is خطىboth

    the plural of multitude is خطى

الخَطْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    with damma: the distance between the two feetboth

    with damma: the distance between the two feet

  2. 2.
    with fatha: the single stepboth

    with fatha: the single step

خُطُواتnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on itboth

    the plural of paucity is خطوات with damma on the taa', fath on it, and sukoon on it

  2. 2.
    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'both

    the plural is خطوات with fatha on the taa'

خِطَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    with kasra and madd, like ركوة and ركاءboth

    with kasra and madd, like ركوة and ركاء

خَطِيَverb
  1. 1.
    with kasraboth

    with kasra

  2. 2.
    meaningboth

    meaning

  3. 3.
    the plural of multitude is خطىboth

    the plural of multitude is خطى

خَطِيَ عَنْهُverb
  1. 1.
    to avert fromclassical

    To push away or avert something (like evil) from someone.

خَطِيَverb
  1. 1.
    with kasraboth

    with kasra

  2. 2.
    meaningboth

    meaning

  3. 3.
    the plural of multitude is خطىboth

    the plural of multitude is خطى

خَطَاverb
  1. 1.
    from the category of عداboth

    from the category of عدا

اخْطَطَىverb
  1. 1.
    to stepclassical

    To take a step; to walk (synonymous with 'khata').

أَخْطَىverb
  1. 1.
    to make (someone) stepclassical

    To cause someone else to take a step or walk.

تَخَطَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to step overboth

    To step over or bypass something.

تَخَطَّى رِقَابَ النَّاسِverb
  1. 1.
    to step over people's necksclassical

    To push past people, often rudely or inconsiderately, to get ahead.

تَخَطَّى إِلَى كَذَاverb
  1. 1.
    to move on toclassical

    To move beyond a certain point or topic and proceed to something else.

Parallel reading

الخطوة بالضم: ما بين القدمين
The 'khutwah' (with dammah) is the space between the two feet.
وجمع القلة خطوات وخطوات وخطوات، والكثير خطى
The plural for a small number is 'khutwat', 'khutwat', and 'khutwat', and for a large number is 'khuta'.
والخطوة بالفتح: المرة الواحدة
And the 'khutwah' (with fatha) is the single instance (of stepping).
لها وثبات كوثب الظباء * فواد خطاء وواد مطر
She has leaps like the leaping of gazelles * through a valley of steps and a valley of rain.
خطي عنه السوء
May evil avert from him.
أي دفع عنه السوء
Meaning: to push away evil from him.
يقال خطى عنك أي أميط
It is said 'khata 'anka' meaning 'it is removed'.
وخطوت واختطيت بمعنى
And I stepped and I stepped (ikhtataytu) have the same meaning.
وأخطيت غيري إذا حملته على أن يخطو
And I made someone else step ('akhaytu ghayri') if I caused him to step.
وتخطيته، إذا تجاوزته
And I bypassed it ('takhassaytuhu'), if I surpassed it.
يقال: تخطيت رقاب الناس
It is said: 'I stepped over the necks of people'.
وتخطيت إلى كذا
And I moved on to such-and-such.
ولا تقل تخطأت بالهمز
And do not say 'takhassa'ta' with hamza.