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خَطڤاَ

Root: خطأ

Form: 1

Full Definition

خَطڤاَI خَطِئَ is syn. with اخطأ , Verbal.Noun إِخْطَآءٌ and خَاطِئَةٌ , which latter, mentioned by AAF, on the authority of AZ, is extr. in the case of a triliteral [unaugmented] verb, and more so in the case of a quadriliteral [i. e. a triliteral augmented by one letter]; and with تخطّأ ; signifying He did wrong; or committed a mistake, or an error: [and if this and similar explanations be correct, خَطَأْ may be an Verbal.Noun of the first of these verbs, and a quasi-Verbal.Noun of the second and third:] or اخطأ and تخطّأ have this signification: and خَطِئَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun خِطْءٌ and خِطْأَةٌ, signifies he committed a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience for which he deserved punishment: or he committed a fault or an offence or an act of disobe dience [in an absolute sense]: or, accord. to AO, or A' Obeyd, خَطِئَ, Verbal.Noun خِطْءٌ, signifies he committed a fault, an offence, or an act of disobedience, unintentionally; as also اخطأ : or, as others say, خَطِئَ means [he committed a fault, &c.,] in religion; and اخطأ , in anything; intentionally or unintentionally: خَطِئَ, in religion; and اخطأ , in calculation [&c.]: or, accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, you say, خَطِئَ فِى دِينِهِ, (K, TA, [in a MS. copy of the K and in the CK, * فى ذَنْبِهِ,]) and اخطأ , meaning he pursued a wrong way in his religion, intentionally or otherwise: or خَطِئَ signifies he committed an act of disobedience intentionally; so accord. to the 'Ináyeh, and the like is said in the A; and ↓اخطأ, he did wrong, meaning to do right: [and this distinction is agreeable with general usage:] accord. to AHeyth, you say, خَطِئْتَ بِمَا صَنَعْتُهُ [Thou didst wrong, in that which thou didst,] intentionally; and ↓أَخْطَأْتَ مَا صَنَعْتَهُ [or بِمَا صنعتة or فِيمَا صنعته Thou didst wrong, in that which thou didst,] unintentionally.
2 See also 4, in two places.

def.2 خَطَأَتِ القِدْرُ بِزَبَدِهَا, Present.T ـَ The cooking-pot threw up its froth, or foam, or scum, in boiling.
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