خ • ط • أ

, (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَخْطِيءَةٌ and تَخْطِىْءٌ, (S, K,) He said to him, أَخْطَأْتَ [meaning Thou hast done wrong, or committed a mistake or an error]: (S, Msb, K:) or he pronounced him, or asserted him, to be doing wrong, or committing a mistake or an error. (Msb.) You say, إِنْ أَخْطَأْتُ فَخَطِّيءْنِى [If I do wrong, &c., tell me that I have done so]. (S.) Also He made it to miss: so in the saying, خَطَّأَ اللّٰهُ نَوْءَهَا God made, or may God make, its [i. e. a land's] star, or asterism, to miss; so that the rain which the star or asterism should have brought did not, or shall not, fall upon it. (TA.) This was [also] said by I'Ab [in a tropical sense] with reference to a woman, as an imprecation, in disapproval of her conduct. (Mgh.) As some relate this saying, the verb is خَطَّى, (Mgh, TA,) and the meaning, God made, or may God make, its [rain-giving] star or asterism, to pass it over, and not send rain upon it: and in this case it may be, (TA,) or it is, (Mgh,) from خَطِيطَةٌ, signifying “ a land not rained upon (Mgh, TA) between two lands that have been rained upon; ” (Mgh;) the verb being originally خَطَّطَ, and the final ط being changed into ى. (Mgh, TA. [See art خط.]) نَوْء is [here] the sing. of أَنْوَاءٌ meaning the “ Mansions of the Moon, ” also called the “ stars, or asterisms, of rain. ” (Mgh.) [See more in the first paragraph of art. خط: and see also 4 in the present art.] Accord. to Fr, خَطَّى السَّهْمَ and خَطَّأَهُ are syn. [as meaning He made the arrow to pass over, or to miss, the mark]. (TA.) One says also, خُطِّيءُ عَنْكَ السُّوْءُ [May evil be made to miss thee;] i. e. may evil be repelled from thee. (ISk.) And خَطَّأَ عَنْكَ السُّوْءُ [app. for ↓تَخَطَّأَ] Evil missed thee, or may evil miss thee. (AZ.)

, inf. n. إِخْطَاءٌ and خَاطِيءَةٌ: see 1, in eight places. أَخْطَيْتُ, for أَخْطَأْتُ, should not be said: (S:) it is a word of weak authority; or a mispronunciation: (K:) but some use it; (S, Sgh, TA;) because a change of this kind is generally allowed by some of the writers on inflection. (TA.) See also 5. -A2- اخطأهُ, (S, K,) which signifies, He [or it] missed, or failed of hitting, it [or him], (TA,) and ↓تخاطأهُ (S, K) and ↓تخطّأهُ (K) and لَهُ ↓تخطّأ (TA) [and ↓خَطِيءَهُ, as will be seen from what follows,] are syn. (S, K, TA.) [See also 2, last sentence.] You say, اخطأ الرَّامِى الغَرَضَ The archer, or thrower, missed the mark; or failed of hitting it. (TA.) And اخطأهُ السَّهْمُ The arrow [missed it, or him, or] passed beyond it, or him: and you may also say, أَخْطَاهُ, suppressing the ء (Msb.) And اخطأ الطَّرِيقَ [He missed the way; or] he deviated from the way. (TA.) And اخطأ نَوْوءُهُ [(assumed tropical:) His star, or asterism, missed]; said of him who has sought an object of want and not succeeded in attaining it: (TA:) and to a person in this case one says, اخطأ نَوْوءُكَ [(assumed tropical:) Thy star, or asterism, has missed]. (Mgh. [See also 2.]) And اخطأهُ The right, or due, was, or became, [out of his reach,] or far from him. (Msb.) Owfà Ibn-Matar ElMázinee says,

النَّبْلُ أَحْشَاءَهُ↓تَخَاطَأَتِ

[meaning The arrows missed his bowels]. (S.) And AO, (S,) or A' Obeyd, (TA,) says that ↓خَطِيءَ and اخطأ are syn.; citing, as an ex., the saying of Imra-el-Keys,

يَا لَهْفَ هِنْدٍ إِذْ خَطِيءْنَ كَاهِلَا

(S, TA,) meaning [O the grief of Hind,] when they (the troop of horse) missed the sons of Káhil; (TA;) خطيءن being here used in the sense of أَخْطَأْنَ, (S, TA,) which latter, accord. to Az, is the more proper in this case. (TA.) -A3- مَا أَخْطَأَهُ is an expression of wonder [meaning How sinful, or criminal, or intentionally-disobedient, or intentionally-wrongdoing, is he !] from خَطِيءَ, not from أَخْطَأَ. (S.)

He imputed to himself a wrong action, a mistake, or an error, not having committed any. (KL. [See also 5.]) -A2- See also 4, in two places.

She (a camel) did not conceive, or become pregnant. (TA. [See also the part. n., below.])

[ signifies the same as مُتَخَطٍّ, or nearly so: and hence the saying,] نَاقَتُكَ مِنَ المُتَخَطِّيءَاتِ الجيف, (TA in the present art.,) or نَاقَتُكَ هٰذِهِ مِنَ المُتَخَطِّيَاتِ الجيف, [the last word being app. الجِيَفَ, and the lit. meaning, Thy she-camel, or this thy she-camel, is of those that step over the carcasses;] i. e. she is hardy and strong, such as will go on, and leave behind [others that have fallen down and died] (تخلف [so in the TA, app.تُخَلِّفُ,]) until she [herself] has fallen down (الى مأ سقطت). (AZ, TA in art. خطو.) مُسْتَخْطِيءَةٌ, applied to a she-camel, (tropical:) i. q. حَايءِلٌ [i. e. Not conceiving, or not becoming pregnant during a year, or two years, or some years; &c.: see its verb, 10]. (K, TA.)

[act. part. n. of 4, q. v.;] One who does wrong, meaning to do right. (El-Umawee, S.)

[so in the TA, app. خَطْأَةٌ,] A land which the rain misses, while it falls upon another near it. (TA. [See 2.])

A man who constantly adheres to faults, offences, sins, crimes, or acts of disobedience for which he deserves punishment. (TA.)

: see 1, first sentence.

A wrong action; a mistake, or an error; contr. of صَوَابٌ; as also ↓خَطَاءٌ (S, Msb, K) and ↓خَطْءٌ: (K:) accord. to some, it is syn. with خَطِيْيءَةٌ and خِطْءٌ; and is an inf. n. used as a simple subst; but accord. to others, (TA,) it signifies an unintentional fault or offence or disobedience; (K, TA;) a subst. from أَخْطَأَ: (M, Msb: [see 1, first sentence:]) and accord. to the M, ↓خَطَاءٌ is a subst. from خَطِيء [and therefore syn. with خَطِيْيءَةٌ accord. to the general acceptation of خَطِيءَ]. (TA.)

(S, K) and خَطِيَّةٌ, a change of this kind being allowable in this and in similar cases, (S, TA,) A fault, an offence, or an act of disobedience; (S, K;) or such as is intentional; (K;) like ↓خِطْءٌ, (S, K;) which is an inf. n., thus used as a subst.; (Msb;) meaning a sin, a crime, or an act of disobedience for which one deserves punishment: (S:) pl. خَطَايَا, (Lth, S, K,) originally خَطَايءِيءُ; (Lth, S;) and خَطَايءِى also, (K, TA, [in a MS. copy of the K خَطَايءِيءُ,]) or this is [anomalous and] incorrect, unless with the art. ال, being otherwise خَطَاءٌ; (MF;) and خَطَايءِىُّ, [an anomalous pl.,] of which Th gives an ex. in the following verse, related to him by IAar;

لِكُلِّ امْرِيءٍ مَا قَدَّمَتْ نَفْسُهُ لَهُ

خَطَايءِيُّهَا إِنْ أَخْطَأَتْ وَصَوَابُهَا

[For every man is appointed, in the world to come, the recompense of what his soul has prepared, or laid up in store, for him, its wrong actions, if it have done wrong; and its right action]. (L.) خَطِيْيءَةٌ يَوْمٌ and خَطِيْيءَةٌ لَيْلَةٌ are expressions like طِيلٌ يَوْمٌ and طِيلٌ لَيْلَةٌ: you say, خَطِيْيءَةٌ يَوْمٌ يَمُرُّ بِى إِلَّا أَرَى فِيهِ فُلَانًا [app. meaning It were a crime that a day should pass with me without my seeing in it such a one; or perhaps, it is a rare event that a day passes with me &c. : see what follows]. (TA.) A little, or small quantity; or a few, or small number; of anything. (K, TA.) You say, عَلَى النّخْلَةِ خَطِيْيءَةٌ مِنْ وَحْشٍ [Upon the palm-tree are a few fresh ripe dates]: and خَطَّاءٌ [In the land of the sons of such a one is] a small number of wild animals that have missed their [wonted] places and are in what are not their accustomed places. (TA.)