See also: غلظ

Arabic edit

Root
غ ل ط (ḡ-l-ṭ)

Etymology edit

From the root غ ل ط (ḡ-l-ṭ).

Pronunciation 1 edit

Verb edit

غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) I, non-past يَغْلَطُ‎ (yaḡlaṭu)

  1. to err
  2. to make a mistake
Conjugation edit
References edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

Noun edit

غَلَط (ḡalaṭm (plural أَغْلَاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. verbal noun of غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa) (form I)
  2. error, mistake
Declension edit
Descendants edit
References edit

Adjective edit

غَلَط (ḡalaṭ)

  1. wrong, incorrect, mistaken
Declension edit
References edit
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “غلط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Pashto edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

غلط (ǧalat)

  1. wrong
    Synonym: ناسم (nâsëm)

Persian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğalat
Dari reading? ğalat
Iranian reading? ğalat
Tajik reading? ġalat

Adjective edit

غلط (ğalat)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun edit

غلط (ğalat) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalat-hâ))

  1. wrong
  2. mistake
  3. error
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

Etymology 2 edit

Back-formation from غلطیدن (ğaltidan), غلتیدن (ğaltidan, to roll), if not vice versa.

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? ğalt
Dari reading? ğalt
Iranian reading? ğalt
Tajik reading? ġalt

Noun edit

غلط (ğalt) (plural غلط‌ها (ğalt-hâ))

  1. rotation, roll
Derived terms edit

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
غ ل ط
3 terms

Etymology 1 edit

From Arabic غَلِطَ (ḡaliṭa).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣi.litˤ/, [ˈɣi.lɪtˤ]
  • (file)

Verb edit

غلط (ḡiliṭ) I (present بغلط (biḡlaṭ))

  1. to make a mistake
    Synonym: أخطى (ʔaḵṭa)
  2. (+ على) to wrong, to offend, to insult
    ما تسمح لحدا مين ما كان يغلط عليك.
    mā tismaḥ la-ḥada mīn mā kān yiḡlaṭ ʕalēk
    Don't let anyone — whoever it may be — insult you.
Conjugation edit
    Conjugation of غلط (ḡiliṭ)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلطت (ḡliṭt) غلط (ḡiliṭ) غلطنا (ḡliṭna) غلطتو (ḡliṭtu) غلطو (ḡilṭu)
f غلطتي (ḡliṭti) غلطت (ḡilṭat)
present m بغلط (baḡlaṭ) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ) بغلط (biḡlaṭ) منغلط (mniḡlaṭ) بتغلطو (btiḡlaṭu) بغلطو (biḡlaṭu)
f بتغلطي (btiḡlaṭi) بتغلط (btiḡlaṭ)
subjunctive m أغلط (ʔaḡlaṭ) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ) يغلط (yiḡlaṭ) نغلط (niḡlaṭ) تغلطو (tiḡlaṭu) يغلطو (yiḡlaṭu)
f تغلطي (tiḡlaṭi) تغلط (tiḡlaṭ)
imperative m اغلط (iḡlaṭ) اغلطو (iḡlaṭu)
f اغلطي (iḡlaṭi)

Etymology 2 edit

From Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɣa.latˤ/, [ˈɣɑ.lɑtˤ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

غلط (ḡalaṭm (plural أغلاط (ʔaḡlāṭ))

  1. mistake, error
    Synonym: غلطة (ḡalṭa)
  2. wrong, incorrect
    Antonyms: صحيح (ṣaḥīḥ, adjective), صح (ṣaḥḥ, interjection)
    الجواب غلط.
    il-jawāb ḡalaṭ
    The answer is wrong.
    فهمتني غلط.
    fhemt-ni ḡalaṭ
    You misunderstood me.
Usage notes edit
  • Although غلط (ḡalaṭ) is a noun, it's usage covers situations where an adjective or adverb would be used in English.
See also edit
  • غلطان (ḡalṭān, wrong, mistaken (of people))

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

Adjective edit

غلط (ġalat) (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. wrong
  2. incorrect
  3. mistaken
  4. erroneous
  5. false

Noun edit

غلط (ġalatm (Hindi spelling ग़लत)

  1. mistake
  2. error

See also edit