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