خطاء

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Arabic

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Root
خ ط ء (ḵ-ṭ-ʔ)

Etymology 1

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Root
خ ط ء (ḵ-ṭ-ʔ)

Characteristic adjective from the verb خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, to err; to sin).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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خَطَّاء (ḵaṭṭāʔ) (feminine خَطَّاءَة (ḵaṭṭāʔa), masculine plural خَطَّاؤُون (ḵaṭṭāʔūn), feminine plural خَطَّاءَات (ḵaṭṭāʔāt))

  1. sinner
    • كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍ خَطَّاءٌ وَخَيْرُ الخَطَّائِينَ التَّوَّابُونَ
      kullu mriʔin ḵaṭṭāʔun waḵayru al-ḵaṭṭāʔīna at-tawwābūna
      Every person is a sinner, and the best of sinners are the repentant.
  2. who makes many mistakes
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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خِطَاء (ḵiṭāʔf pl

  1. plural of خَطْوَة (ḵaṭwa)