غالط

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Arabic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Root
غ ل ط (ḡ-l-ṭ)

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɣaː.la.tˤa/

Verb[edit]

غَالَطَ (ḡālaṭa) III, non-past يُغَالِطُ‎ (yuḡāliṭu)

  1. to seek to involve into erring or making mistakes
  2. to deceive, hoodwink, dupe, swindle, mislead, bring to wrong opinion
  3. to venture, risk
  4. to fail to give light, go off
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Derived from the active participle of غَلَطَ (ḡalaṭa, to err).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA(key): /ɣaː.litˤ/

Adjective[edit]

غَالِط (ḡāliṭ)

  1. erring, wrong, mistaken
    Synonym: مُخْطِئ (muḵṭiʔ)
Declension[edit]