خطء

Arabic

Etymology

Root
خ ط ء (ḵ-ṭ-ʔ)

Compare Hebrew חֵטְא (khet).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xitˤʔ/

Noun

خِطْء • (ḵiṭʔ) m (plural أَخْطَاء (ʔaḵṭāʔ))

  1. verbal noun of خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, to sin) (form I)
  2. sin
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:31:
      وَلَا تَقْتُلُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ خَشْيَةَ إِمْلَاقٍ نَحْنُ نَرْزُقُهُمْ وَإِيَّاكُمْ إِنَّ قَتْلَهُمْ كَانَ خِطْئًا كَبِيرًا
      walā taqtulū ʔawlādakum ḵašyata ʔimlāqin naḥnu narzuquhum waʔiyyākum ʔinna qatlahum kāna ḵiṭʔan kabīran
      And do not kill your children for fear of poverty. We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is ever a great sin.

Declension

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