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مُخْطِئ
mistaken /ˈmuxtˤiʔ/
adjectiveA2#971 most common
Also: wrong, at fault, one who errs
Example sentences
أنا مُخْطِئ.
I am wrong.
أنتِ مُخْطِئة في هذا الأمر.
You are wrong about this matter.
أعتقد أنّكَ مُخْطِئٌ في هذا.
I think you are wrong about this.
كان المحقّق مُخْطِئاً حين اتّهم الرجلَ البريء.
The investigator was mistaken when he accused the innocent man.
لم يكن الوزيرُ مُخْطِئاً في تقديره للأزمة الاقتصادية.
The minister was not mistaken in his assessment of the economic crisis.
مهما بدا خصمُك مُخْطِئاً، فاستمعْ إلى حُجّته كاملةً قبل أن تُصدر حكمَك.
However wrong your opponent may seem, listen to his argument in full before issuing your judgment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُخْطِئٌ | مُخْطِئونَ |
| Genitive | مُخْطِئٍ | مُخْطِئينَ |
| Accusative | مُخْطِئاً | مُخْطِئينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُخْطِئُ | يا مُخْطِئونَ |
Word family
أَخْطَأَto err, to make a mistake
خَطَأerror, mistakeخَطِيئةsin, fault
خاطِئwrong, sinfulمُخْطِئةmistaken (feminine)
Etymology
مُخْطِئ is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَخْطَأَ, meaning to err or to make a mistake. It is built on the triliteral root خ-ط-ء, whose core sense is missing a target or going astray. The same root gives خَطَأ, error, and خَطِيئة, sin. Related roots appear across Semitic languages.
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