خَطِيْئَةٌ
Root: خطأ
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خَطِيْئَةٌ
and خَطِيَّةٌ, a change of this kind being allowable in this and in similar cases, A fault, an offence, or an act of disobedience; or such as is intentional; like ↓خِطْءٌ, which is an Verbal.Noun, thus used as a subst.; meaning a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience for which one deserves punishment: pl. خَطَايَا, originally خَطَائِئُ; and خَطَائِى also, (K, TA, [in a MS. copy of the K خَطَائِئُ,]) or this is [anomalous and] incorrect, unless with the art. ال, being otherwise خَطَآءٌ; and خَطَائِىُّ, [an anomalous pl.,] of which Th gives an ex. in the following verse, related to him by IAar;
2 خَطِيْئَةٌ يَوْمٌ and خَطِيْئَةٌ لَيْلَةٌ are expressions like طِيلٌ يَوْمٌ and طِيلٌ لَيْلَةٌ: you say, خَطِيْئَةٌ يَوْمٌ يَمُرُّ بِى إِلَّا أَرَى فِيهِ فُلَانًا [app. meaning It were a crime that a day should pass with me without my seeing in it such a one; or perhaps, it is a rare event that a day passes with me &c. : see what follows].
3 A little, or small quantity; or a few, or small number; of anything. You say, عَلَى النّخْلَةِ خَطِيْئَةٌ مِنْ وَحْشٍ [Upon the palm-tree are a few fresh ripe dates]: and خَطَّآءٌ [In the land of the sons of such a one is] a small number of wild animals that have missed their [wonted] places and are in what are not their accustomed places.
[For every man is appointed, in the world to come, the recompense of what his soul has prepared, or laid up in store, for him, its wrongلِكُلِّ ٱمْرِئٍ مَا قَدَّمَتْ نَفْسُهُ لَهُ خَطَائِيُّهَا إِنْ أَخْطَأَتْ وَصَوَابُهَا
2 خَطِيْئَةٌ يَوْمٌ and خَطِيْئَةٌ لَيْلَةٌ are expressions like طِيلٌ يَوْمٌ and طِيلٌ لَيْلَةٌ: you say, خَطِيْئَةٌ يَوْمٌ يَمُرُّ بِى إِلَّا أَرَى فِيهِ فُلَانًا [app. meaning It were a crime that a day should pass with me without my seeing in it such a one; or perhaps, it is a rare event that a day passes with me &c. : see what follows].
3 A little, or small quantity; or a few, or small number; of anything. You say, عَلَى النّخْلَةِ خَطِيْئَةٌ مِنْ وَحْشٍ [Upon the palm-tree are a few fresh ripe dates]: and خَطَّآءٌ [In the land of the sons of such a one is] a small number of wild animals that have missed their [wonted] places and are in what are not their accustomed places.
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