خَاطِئٌ
Root: خطأ
Full Definition
خَاطِئٌ
Intentionally doing that which is not right; intentionally pursuing a wrong way in his religion; intentionally doing that which he is forbidden to do. [See خَطِئَ, of which it is the part. n.]
2 [Also Missing the mark. Hence the saying,] مَعَ الخَوَاطِئِ سَهْمٌ صَائِبٌ [With those that miss is an arrow that goes right, or hits the mark]; خَوَاطِئُ being pl. of خَاطِئَةٌ, meaning that misses the butt: a prov., applied to him who frequently errs, but sometimes does right; or to the niggard who sometimes gives notwithstanding his niggardliness.
2 [Also Missing the mark. Hence the saying,] مَعَ الخَوَاطِئِ سَهْمٌ صَائِبٌ [With those that miss is an arrow that goes right, or hits the mark]; خَوَاطِئُ being pl. of خَاطِئَةٌ, meaning that misses the butt: a prov., applied to him who frequently errs, but sometimes does right; or to the niggard who sometimes gives notwithstanding his niggardliness.
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