خَطَأٌ
Root: خطأ
Full Definition
خَطَأٌ
A wrong action; a mistake, or an error; contr. of
صَوَابٌ; as also ↓خَطَآءٌ and ↓خَطْءٌ: accord. to some, it is syn. with خَطِيْئَةٌ and خِطْءٌ; and is an Verbal.Noun used as a simple subst; but accord. to others, it signifies an unintentional fault or offence or disobedience; a subst. from أَخْطَأَ: and accord. to the M, ↓خَطَآءٌ is a subst. from خَطِئ [and therefore syn. with
خَطِيْئَةٌ accord. to the general acceptation of خَطِئَ].
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