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خاطِئ
wrong /ˈxaːtˤiʔ/
adjectiveA1#686 most common
Also: incorrect, erroneous, mistaken
Example sentences
الجواب خاطِئ.
The answer is wrong.
لقد اخترتَ الطريق الخاطِئ.
You chose the wrong road.
المعلومات التي قرأتَها خاطِئة تماماً.
The information you read is completely wrong.
اتّخذ المدير قراراً خاطِئاً كلّفه وظيفته.
The manager made a wrong decision that cost him his job.
من الخاطِئ أن نفترض أنّ جميع الناس يفكّرون بالطريقة نفسها.
It is wrong to assume that all people think the same way.
يبني كثيرٌ من المحلّلين استنتاجاتهم على فرضياتٍ خاطِئةٍ منذ البداية، فتنهار حُجَجُهم عند أوّل اختبار.
Many analysts build their conclusions on assumptions that are wrong from the start, so their arguments collapse at the first test.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | خاطِئٌ (khāṭiʾun) | خاطِئونَ (khāṭiʾūna) |
| Genitive | خاطِئٍ (khāṭiʾin) | خاطِئينَ (khāṭiʾīna) |
| Accusative | خاطِئاً (khāṭiʾan) | خاطِئينَ (khāṭiʾīna) |
| Vocative | خاطِئُ (khāṭiʾu) | خاطِئونَ (khāṭiʾūna) |
Word family
خَطَأ (khaṭaʾ)mistake, error
خَطِئَ (khaṭiʾa)to err, to make a mistake, to sin
أخطأ (akhṭaʾa)to make a mistake, to be wrong
خَطيئة (khaṭīʾa)sin, wrongdoing
مُخطِئ (mukhṭiʾ)mistaken, in error
Etymology
خاطِئ is the active participle of the verb خَطِئَ, 'to err' or 'to sin.' The triliteral root خ-ط-أ carries the core sense of missing a target, from which both 'mistake' and 'sin' grow. The same root runs across the Semitic family with the shared idea of going astray.
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