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Also written خطئ: خَطِئَ (to err)
Highlights
Present tense
يَخْطَأُ
Verbal noun
خِطْء
Active participle
خَاطِئ
Passive participle
مَخْطُوء
Most common words from the same root
خَطِئَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to sin
وَاسْتَغْفِرِي لِذَنْبِكِ إِنَّكِ كُنْتِ مِنَ الْخَاطِئِينَ"And ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:29
Word origin
Cognate with Hebrew חָטָא (ḥāṭā, “to sin”) and Old South Arabian 𐩭𐩷𐩱 (ḫṭʾ, “to commit an offense”).
Words from the root خ-ط-ء
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خَطِئَ
· present يَخْطَأُ
Form I · The plain action
to err, to make a mistake; to be mistaken
خَطَّأَ
· present يُخَطِّئُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to charge (with an offense), to implicate, to indict; to accuse of a mistake
تَخْطِئَة
تَخْطِيء
مُخَطِّئ
مُخَطَّأ
to miss (to fail to hit); to be mistaken; to err; to be wrong
خَطَأً
mistakenly
خَطِئَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | خَطِئْتُ | أَخْطَأُ | أَخْطَأَ | أَخْطَأْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | خَطِئْتَ | تَخْطَأُ | تَخْطَأَ | تَخْطَأْ | اِخْطَأْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | خَطِئْتِ | تَخْطَئِينَ | تَخْطَئِي | تَخْطَئِي | اِخْطَئِي |
| هُوَ he | خَطِئَ | يَخْطَأُ | يَخْطَأَ | يَخْطَأْ | — |
| هِيَ she | خَطِئَتْ | تَخْطَأُ | تَخْطَأَ | تَخْطَأْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | خَطِئْتُمَا | تَخْطَآنِ | تَخْطَآ | تَخْطَآ | اِخْطَآ |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | خَطِئَا | يَخْطَآنِ | يَخْطَآ | يَخْطَآ | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | خَطِئَتَا | تَخْطَآنِ | تَخْطَآ | تَخْطَآ | — |
| نَحْنُ we | خَطِئْنَا | نَخْطَأُ | نَخْطَأَ | نَخْطَأْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | خَطِئْتُمْ | تَخْطَؤُونَ | تَخْطَؤُوا | تَخْطَؤُوا | اِخْطَؤُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | خَطِئْتُنَّ | تَخْطَأْنَ | تَخْطَأْنَ | تَخْطَأْنَ | اِخْطَأْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | خَطِئُوا | يَخْطَؤُونَ | يَخْطَؤُوا | يَخْطَؤُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | خَطِئْنَ | يَخْطَأْنَ | يَخْطَأْنَ | يَخْطَأْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | خِطْء |
|---|---|
| Active participle | خَاطِئ، خَطِئ |
| Passive participle | مَخْطُوء |
خَطِئَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to sin
وَاسْتَغْفِرِي لِذَنْبِكِ إِنَّكِ كُنْتِ مِنَ الْخَاطِئِينَ"And ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."609–632 CE, Qur'an, 12:29
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