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Plural
خَطِيئَات
Other plural
خَطَايَا
Most common words from the same root
خَطِيئَة in English
Noun · feminine
- sin, offense, fault, act of disobedience for which one deserves punishment
- sin as a continuing state uncountable
يَعِيشُ فِي الخَطِيئة.He’s living in sin.
Word origin
Belongs to the root خ ط ء (ḵ ṭ ʔ), from which the verb form I خَطِئَ (ḵaṭiʔa, “to err”). Schwally proposed that this concrete noun – and Ge'ez ኀጢአት (ḫäṭiʾät, “sin”) – is borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܛܝܬܐ (ḥəṭīṯɑ, ḥəṭʾīṯɑ, “sin”). This seems likely as there must be in Geʿez a borrowing because the root there means “to lack, to be in want”.
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
خَطِيئَة: plural and other forms
| Singular | خَطِيئَة |
|---|---|
| Plural | خَطِيئَات |
| Alternative plurals | خَطَايَا |
خَطِيئَة in a sentence
Dictionary examples
sin as a continuing state
يَعِيشُ فِي الخَطِيئة.He’s living in sin.
From a fully vowelled text
وَاعْتَمَدُوا مِنْهُ فِي الأُرْدُنِّ، مُعْتَرِفِينَ بِخَطَايَاهُمْ.And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.Matthew 3:6, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
وَانْفَصَلَ نَسْلُ إِسْرَائِيلَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ بَنِي الْغُرَبَاءِ، وَوَقَفُوا وَاعْتَرَفُوا بِخَطَايَاهُمْ وَذُنُوبِ آبَائِهِمْ.And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.Nehemiah 9:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«نَادِ بِصَوْتٍ عَال. لاَ تُمْسِكْ. اِرْفَعْ صَوْتَكَ كَبُوق وَأَخْبِرْ شَعْبِي بِتَعَدِّيهِمْ، وَبَيْتَ يَعْقُوبَ بِخَطَايَاهُمْ.Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.Isaiah 58:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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