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

Declension of noun خِطْء (ḵiṭʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطْء ḵiṭʔ	الْخِطْء al-ḵiṭʔ	خِطْء ḵiṭʔ
Nominative	خِطْءٌ ḵiṭʔun	الْخِطْءُ al-ḵiṭʔu	خِطْءُ ḵiṭʔu
Accusative	خِطْئًا ḵiṭʔan	الْخِطْءَ al-ḵiṭʔa	خِطْءَ ḵiṭʔa
Genitive	خِطْءٍ ḵiṭʔin	الْخِطْءِ al-ḵiṭʔi	خِطْءِ ḵiṭʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِطْأَيْن ḵiṭʔayn	الْخِطْأَيْن al-ḵiṭʔayn	خِطْأَيْ ḵiṭʔay
Nominative	خِطْآنِ ḵiṭʔāni	الْخِطْآنِ al-ḵiṭʔāni	خِطْآ ḵiṭʔā
Accusative	خِطْأَيْنِ ḵiṭʔayni	الْخِطْأَيْنِ al-ḵiṭʔayni	خِطْأَيْ ḵiṭʔay
Genitive	خِطْأَيْنِ ḵiṭʔayni	الْخِطْأَيْنِ al-ḵiṭʔayni	خِطْأَيْ ḵiṭʔay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَخْطَاء ʔaḵṭāʔ	الْأَخْطَاء al-ʔaḵṭāʔ	أَخْطَاء ʔaḵṭāʔ
Nominative	أَخْطَاءٌ ʔaḵṭāʔun	الْأَخْطَاءُ al-ʔaḵṭāʔu	أَخْطَاءُ ʔaḵṭāʔu
Accusative	أَخْطَاءً ʔaḵṭāʔan	الْأَخْطَاءَ al-ʔaḵṭāʔa	أَخْطَاءَ ʔaḵṭāʔa
Genitive	أَخْطَاءٍ ʔaḵṭāʔin	الْأَخْطَاءِ al-ʔaḵṭāʔi	أَخْطَاءِ ʔaḵṭāʔi