khaṭā

step, walk, advance

خَطاَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

خ ط ء

Forms

Present
يَخْطُو

In the library

كأنها حين تخطو في تأودها .

The Ring of the Dove, page 103 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ خَطايَخْطُو
she هِيَ خَطَتتَخْطُو
they two (m.) هُما خَطَوايَخْطُوانِ
they two (f.) هُما خَطَتاتَخْطُوانِ
they (m.) هُمْ خَطَوْايَخْطُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ خَطَوْنَيَخْطُونَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ خَطَوْتَتَخْطُو
you (f.) أَنْتِ خَطَوْتِتَخْطِينَ
you two أَنْتُما خَطَوْتُماتَخْطُوانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ خَطَوْتُمتَخْطُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ خَطَوْتُنَّتَخْطُونَ
I أَنا خَطَوْتُأَخْطُو
we نَحْنُ خَطَوْنانَخْطُو

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries
  • خَطڤاَ Form I syn. with
    خَطِيأَ is syn. with ↓ اخطأ, inf. n. إِخْطَآءٌ and ↓ خَاطِيأَةٌ, (K,) which latter, mentioned by AAF, on the authority of AZ, is extr. in the case of a triliteral [unaugmented] verb, and more so in the case of a quadriliteral [i. e. a triliteral augmented by one letter]; (TA;) and with ↓ تخطّأ; signifying He did wrong; or committed a mistake, or an error: (K:) [and if this and similar explanations be correct, خَطَأْ may be an inf. n. of the first of these verbs, and a quasi-inf. n. of the second and third:] or ↓ اخطأ and ↓ تخطّأ have this signification: (S:) and خَطِيأَ, aor. , inf. n. خِطْءٌ and خِطْأَةٌ, (S, K,) signifies he committed a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience for which he deserved punishment: (S, K: *) or he committed a fault or an offence or an act of disobe dience [in an absolute sense]: (K, * TA:) or, accord. to AO, (Msb,) or A' Obeyd, (TA,) خَطِيأَ, inf. n. خِطْءٌ, signifies he committed a fault, an offence, or an act of disobedience, unintentionally; as also ↓ اخطأ: (Msb, TA:) or, as others say, خَطِيأَ means [he committed a fault, &c.,] in religion; and ↓ اخطأ, in anything; intentionally or unintentionally: (Msb:) خَطِيأَ, in religion; and ↓ اخطأ, in calculation [&c.]: (As, M, TA:) or, accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, (TA,) you say, خَطِيأَ فِى دِينِهِ, (K, TA, [in a MS. copy of the K and in the CK, * فى ذَنْبِهِ,]) and ↓ اخطأ, meaning he pursued a wrong way in his religion, intentionally or otherwise: (K, TA:) or خَطِيأَ signifies he committed an act of disobedience intentionally; (Msb, TA;) so accord. to the 'Ináyeh, and the like is said in the A; (TA;) and ↓اخطأ, he did wrong, meaning to do right: (Az, Msb, TA:) [and this distinction is agreeable with general usage:] accord. to AHeyth, you say, خَطِيأْتَ بِمَا صَنَعْتُهُ [Thou didst wrong, in that which thou didst,] intentionally; and ↓أَخْطَأْتَ مَا صَنَعْتَهُ [or بِمَا صنعتة or فِيمَا صنعته Thou didst wrong, in that which thou didst,] unintentionally. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 4, in two places. -A2- خَطَأَتِ القِدْرُ بِزَبَدِهَا, aor. , (tropical:) The cooking-pot threw up its froth, or foam, or scum, (K, TA,) in boiling. (TA.)
  • خطّأهُ Form II He said
    , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَخْطِيأَةٌ and تَخْطِىْءٌ, (S, K,) He said to him, أَخْطَأْتَ [meaning Thou hast done wrong, or committed a mistake or an error]: (S, Msb, K:) or he pronounced him, or asserted him, to be doing wrong, or committing a mistake or an error. (Msb.) You say, إِنْ أَخْطَأْتُ فَخَطِّيأْنِى [If I do wrong, &c., tell me that I have done so]. (S.) ― -b2- Also He made it to miss: so in the saying, خَطَّأَ ٱللّٰهُ نَوْءَهَا God made, or may God make, its [i. e. a land's] star, or asterism, to miss; so that the rain which the star or asterism should have brought did not, or shall not, fall upon it. (TA.) This was [also] said by I'Ab [in a tropical sense] with reference to a woman, as an imprecation, in disapproval of her conduct. (Mgh.) As some relate this saying, the verb is خَطَّى, (Mgh, TA,) and the meaning, God made, or may God make, its [rain-giving] star or asterism, to pass it over, and not send rain upon it: and in this case it may be, (TA,) or it is, (Mgh,) from خَطِيطَةٌ, signifying “ a land not rained upon (Mgh, TA) between two lands that have been rained upon; ” (Mgh;) the verb being originally خَطَّطَ, and the final ط being changed into ى. (Mgh, TA. [See art خط.]) نَوْء is [here] the sing. of أَنْوَآءٌ meaning the “ Mansions of the Moon, ” also called the “ stars, or asterisms, of rain. ” (Mgh.) [See more in the first paragraph of art. خط: and see also 4 in the present art.] Accord. to Fr, خَطَّى السَّهْمَ and خَطَّأَهُ are syn. [as meaning He made the arrow to pass over, or to miss, the mark]. (TA.) One says also, خُطِّيأُ عَنْكَ السُّوْءُ [May evil be made to miss thee;] i. e. may evil be repelled from thee. (ISk.) And خَطَّأَ عَنْكَ السُّوْءُ [app. for ↓تَخَطَّأَ] Evil missed thee, or may evil miss thee. (AZ.)
  • اخطأ Form IV missed, or failed of hitting, it
    , inf. n. إِخْطَآءٌ and خَاطِيأَةٌ: see 1, in eight places. أَخْطَيْتُ, for أَخْطَأْتُ, should not be said: (S:) it is a word of weak authority; or a mispronunciation: (K:) but some use it; (S, Sgh, TA;) because a change of this kind is generally allowed by some of the writers on inflection. (TA.) See also 5. -A2- اخطأهُ, (S, K,) which signifies, He [or it] missed, or failed of hitting, it [or him], (TA,) and ↓تخاطأهُ (S, K) and ↓تخطّأهُ (K) and لَهُ ↓تخطّأ (TA) [and ↓خَطِيأَهُ, as will be seen from what follows,] are syn. (S, K, TA.) [See also 2, last sentence.] You say, اخطأ الرَّامِى الغَرَضَ The archer, or thrower, missed the mark; or failed of hitting it. (TA.) And اخطأهُ السَّهْمُ The arrow [missed it, or him, or] passed beyond it, or him: and you may also say, أَخْطَاهُ, suppressing the ء (Msb.) And اخطأ الطَّرِيقَ [He missed the way; or] he deviated from the way. (TA.) And اخطأ نَوْوأُهُ [(assumed tropical:) His star, or asterism, missed]; said of him who has sought an object of want and not succeeded in attaining it: (TA:) and to a person in this case one says, اخطأ نَوْوأُكَ [(assumed tropical:) Thy star, or asterism, has missed]. (Mgh. [See also 2.]) And اخطأهُ The right, or due, was, or became, [out of his reach,] or far from him. (Msb.) Owfà Ibn-Matar ElMázinee says, " النَّبْلُ أَحْشَآءَهُ↓تَخَاطَأَتِ " [meaning The arrows missed his bowels]. (S.) And AO, (S,) or A' Obeyd, (TA,) says that ↓خَطِيأَ and اخطأ are syn.; citing, as an ex., the saying of Imra-el-Keys, " يَا لَهْفَ هِنْدٍ إِذْ خَطِيأْنَ كَاهِلَا " (S, TA,) meaning [O the grief of Hind,] when they (the troop of horse) missed the sons of Káhil; (TA;) خطيأن being here used in the sense of أَخْطَأْنَ, (S, TA,) which latter, accord. to Az, is the more proper in this case. (TA.) -A3- مَا أَخْطَأَهُ is an expression of wonder [meaning How sinful, or criminal, or intentionally-disobedient, or intentionally-wrongdoing, is he !] from خَطِيأَ, not from أَخْطَأَ. (S.)
  • تَخَطَّاَ Form V He addressed to him the question with the desire of causing him to make a mistake
    see 1, in two places: ― -b2- and see also 2, last sentence; and 4, in two places. ― -b3- تخطّأ لَهُ فِى المَسْأَلَةِ He addressed to him the question with the desire of causing him to make a mistake: (TA:) or i. q. ↓أَخْطَأَ. (S.) -A2- تَخَطُّوأٌ also signifies The feigning a wrong action, a mistake, or an error. (KL. [See also 6.]) -A3- And The charging another with a wrong action, a mistake, or an error. (KL. [See also 2.])
  • تخاطأ Form VI He imputed to himself a wrong action, a mistake, or an error, not having committed any
    He imputed to himself a wrong action, a mistake, or an error, not having committed any. (KL. [See also 5.]) -A2- See also 4, in two places.
  • استخطأت Form X She (a camel) did not conceive, or become pregnant
    She (a camel) did not conceive, or become pregnant. (TA. [See also the part. n., below.])
  • خَطْءٌ Open entry
    :see خَطَأٌ.
  • خِطْءٌ Open entry
    : see خَطِيْيأَةٌ.
  • خَطَأٌ A wrong action; a mistake, or an error; contr. of صَوَابٌ
    A wrong action; a mistake, or an error; contr. of صَوَابٌ; as also ↓خَطَآءٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓خَطْءٌ: (K:) accord. to some, it is syn. with خَطِيْيأَةٌ and خِطْءٌ; and is an inf. n. used as a simple subst; but accord. to others, (TA,) it signifies an unintentional fault or offence or disobedience; (K, TA;) a subst. from أَخْطَأَ: (M, Msb: [see 1, first sentence:]) and accord. to the M, ↓خَطَآءٌ is a subst. from خَطِيأ [and therefore syn. with خَطِيْيأَةٌ accord. to the general acceptation of خَطِيأَ]. (TA.)
  • خطأة A land which the rain misses, while it falls upon another near it
    [so in the TA, app. خَطْأَةٌ,] A land which the rain misses, while it falls upon another near it. (TA. [See 2.])
  • خَطَآءٌ Open entry
    : see خَطَأٌ, in two places.
  • خَطِيْيأَةٌ A fault, an offence, or an act of disobedience
    (S, K) and خَطِيَّةٌ, a change of this kind being allowable in this and in similar cases, (S, TA,) A fault, an offence, or an act of disobedience; (S, K;) or such as is intentional; (K;) like ↓خِطْءٌ, (S, K;) which is an inf. n., thus used as a subst.; (Msb;) meaning a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience for which one deserves punishment: (S:) pl. خَطَايَا, (Lth, S, K,) originally خَطَايأِيأُ; (Lth, S;) and خَطَايأِى also, (K, TA, [in a MS. copy of the K خَطَايأِيأُ,]) or this is [anomalous and] incorrect, unless with the art. ال, being otherwise خَطَآءٌ; (MF;) and خَطَايأِىُّ, [an anomalous pl.,] of which Th gives an ex. in the following verse, related to him by IAar; " لِكُلِّ ٱمْرِيأٍ مَا قَدَّمَتْ نَفْسُهُ لَهُ خَطَايأِيُّهَا إِنْ أَخْطَأَتْ وَصَوَابُهَا " [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 wrong actions, if it have done wrong; and its right action]. (L.) ― -b2- خَطِيْيأَةٌ يَوْمٌ and خَطِيْيأَةٌ لَيْلَةٌ are expressions like طِيلٌ يَوْمٌ and طِيلٌ لَيْلَةٌ: you say, خَطِيْيأَةٌ 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]. (TA.) ― -b3- A little, or small quantity; or a few, or small number; of anything. (K, TA.) You say, عَلَى النّخْلَةِ خَطِيْيأَةٌ 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. (TA.)

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