zgrešiti

Slovene

From z- +‎ grešīti.

zgrešīti pf (imperfective zgreševáti)

(transitive) to miss (to not to hit when throwing, shooting)
(transitive) to miss (to not to see, not to notice when moving, searching)
(transitive) to miss (to not to achieve the desired, expected result)
- 2010, Immanuel Kant, Predkritièni spisi‎^[1], Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, pages 158-159:
  V tej vrsti mišljenja se lahko pogosto zgodi, da so smotri zakonov, ki si jih zamišljamo, nepravilni, in tedaj se tej zmoti pridruži še škoda, ker smo zgrešili učinkujoče vzroke in se neposredno držali nekega namena, ki je zgolj namišljen.
  In this kind of thinking, it can often happen that the purposes of the laws we imagine are incorrect, and then this error is compounded by the pity of having missed the efficient causes and of having directly adhered to some purpose that is merely imaginary.
(intransitive, expressive) to err (to make a mistake)