اخطأ
Root: خطأ
Form: 4
Full Definition
اخطأIV
, Verbal.Noun إِخْطَآءٌ and خَاطِئَةٌ: see 1, in eight places. أَخْطَيْتُ, for أَخْطَأْتُ, should not be said: it is a word of weak authority; or a mispronunciation: but some use it; because a change of this kind is generally allowed by some of the writers on inflection. See also 5.
def.2 اخطأهُ, which signifies, He [or it] missed, or failed of hitting, it [or him], and ↓تخاطأهُ and ↓تخطّأهُ and لَهُ ↓تخطّأ [and ↓خَطِئَهُ, as will be seen from what follows,] are syn. [See also 2, last sentence.] You say, اخطأ الرَّامِى الغَرَضَ The archer, or thrower, missed the mark; or failed of hitting it. And اخطأهُ السَّهْمُ The arrow [missed it, or him, or] passed beyond it, or him: and you may also say, أَخْطَاهُ, suppressing the ء And اخطأ الطَّرِيقَ [He missed the way; or] he deviated from the way. And اخطأ نَوْؤُهُ [
def.3 مَا أَخْطَأَهُ is an expression of wonder [meaning How sinful, or criminal, or intentionally-disobedient, or intentionally-wrongdoing, is he !] from خَطِئَ, not from أَخْطَأَ.
def.2 اخطأهُ, which signifies, He [or it] missed, or failed of hitting, it [or him], and ↓تخاطأهُ and ↓تخطّأهُ and لَهُ ↓تخطّأ [and ↓خَطِئَهُ, as will be seen from what follows,] are syn. [See also 2, last sentence.] You say, اخطأ الرَّامِى الغَرَضَ The archer, or thrower, missed the mark; or failed of hitting it. And اخطأهُ السَّهْمُ The arrow [missed it, or him, or] passed beyond it, or him: and you may also say, أَخْطَاهُ, suppressing the ء And اخطأ الطَّرِيقَ [He missed the way; or] he deviated from the way. And اخطأ نَوْؤُهُ [
[meaning The arrows missed his bowels]. And AO, or A' Obeyd, says that ↓خَطِئَ and اخطأ are syn.; citing, as an ex., the saying of Imra-el-Keys,النَّبْلُ أَحْشَآءَهُ↓تَخَاطَأَتِ
meaning [O the grief of Hind,] when they missed the sons of Káhil; خطئن being here used in the sense of أَخْطَأْنَ, which latter, accord. to Az, is the more proper in this case.يَا لَهْفَ هِنْدٍ إِذْ خَطِئْنَ كَاهِلَا
def.3 مَا أَخْطَأَهُ is an expression of wonder [meaning How sinful, or criminal, or intentionally-disobedient, or intentionally-wrongdoing, is he !] from خَطِئَ, not from أَخْطَأَ.
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