غلط
1 غَلِطَ, (
S,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
S,
K,)
inf. n. غَلَطٌ (
S,
M,
Msb,
K) and أُغْلُوطَةٌ, (
JK,) He made a mistake; committed an error; or missed, or erred from, the right way or mode or manner: (
Msb:) or he was unable to find the right way, (
JK,
M,
K,) and knew it not: (
M,
K:) in an affair; (
S;) in anything; (
JK;) in reckoning, or computation, &c.: (
K:) or in his speech, (
S,
Msb,
K,) in particular; (
K;) and غَلِتَ in reckoning, or computation: (
S, and so in some copies of the
K:) but some of the Arabs make these two verbs to be
syn. dial. variants. (
S.) 2 غلّطهُ, (
Msb,)
inf. n. تَغْلِيطٌ, (
S,
K,) He said to him غَلِطْتَ [Thou hast made a mistake, &c.]: (
S,
Msb,
K:) or he attributed or imputed to him the having made a mistake. (
Msb.)
b2: See also 4.
3 غالطهُ,
inf. n. مُغَالَطَةٌ (
S,
K) and غِلَاطٌ, (
K,) [He vied, or contended, with him, each endeavouring to cause the other to make a mistake: a signification well known, indicated in the
TA, and agreeable with modern usage.]
4 اغلطهُ, (
S,
TA,)
inf. n. إِغْلَاطٌ, (
TA,) He caused him to fall into the making of a mistake; (
S, *
TA;) as also ↓ غلّطهُ,
inf. n. تَغْلِيطٌ. (
TA.) غَلَطٌ [an
inf. n. used as a simple
subst., Mistake; error; in speech; or in that and also in reckoning, or computation, &c.;] has for its
pl. أَغْلَاطٌ; and
ISd says, “I see that
IJ has made غِلَاطٌ its
pl.; but I know not the reason of that. ” (
TA.) ↓ مَغْلَطَةٌ also signifies the same in the saying, وَقَعَ فُلَانٌ فِى المَغْلَطَةِ [Such a one fell into mistake, or error]. (
TA.)
b2: See also مَغْلُوطٌ.
غَلْطَةٌ A single mistake, or error, in speech, or in speech &c.:
pl. غَلَطَاتٌ.]
رَجُلٌ غَلْطَانُ [A man making a mistake, or committing an error, in speech, or in speech &c.]. (
TA.) غَلُوطٌ: see مِغْلَاطٌ:
b2: and see also أُغْلُوطَةٌ.
غَلُوطَةٌ: see أُغْلُوطَةٌ.
غَلَّاطٌ: see مِغْلَاطٌ.
أُغْلُوطَةٌ (
S,
K) and ↓ غَلُوطَةٌ and ↓ مَغْلَطَةٌ (
K) A question by which one causes to fall into the making of a mistake: (
S:) or كَلَامٌ يُغْلَطُ فِيهِ [which may be rendered both language in which one makes a mistake, and language in which one is caused to fall into a mistake]: (
K:) and all, (
K.) or the first and second, (
TA,) also signify a question by which a person. (
K, *
TA,) a man of learning, (
TA,) is vied, or contended, with, in the endeavour to cause him to make a mistake, (
K,
TA,) in order that he may become lowered: and by which his judgment, or opinion, is sought to be made erroneous: (
TA:) you say, ↓ مَسْأَلَةٌ غَلُوطٌ; but when you make the latter word a
subst., you add the ة: (El-Khattábee:) the
pl. of أُغْلُوطَةٌ is أُغْلُوطَاتٌ and أَغَالِيطُ (
S) and غَلُوطَاتٌ, which is formed from the first of these pls. by the suppression of the hemzeh, and is not, as some have said,
pl. of غَلُوطَةٌ. (
Hr.) Mohammad forbade أُغْلُوطَات, (
S,
TA,) or غَلُوطَات, (
TA.) because they are unprofitable with respect to religion, and there is scarely, or never, in them aught save what is unprofitable. (El-'Otbee,
TA.) مَغْلَطَةٌ [properly, or originally, A cause of falling into mistake: similar to مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ
&c.]: see أُغْلُوطَةٌ:
b2: and غَلَطٌ.
مَغْلَطَانِىٌّ One who vies, or contends, with others, endeavouring to cause them to make mistakes in their reckoning, or computation. (
TA.) مُغَلَّطٌ: see مَغْلُوطٌ.
مِغْلَاطٌ One who makes mistakes, or commits errors, much, or frequently;
expl. by كَثِيرُ الغَلَطِ; (
K;) as also ↓ غلَّاطٌ (
TA) and ↓ غَلُوطٌ. (O in art. غلت.) مَغْلُوطٌ A book, or writing, having a mistake, or mistakes, made in it; and in like manner, a reckoning, or computation, as also ↓ غَلَطٌ and ↓ مُغَلَّطٌ. (
TA.)
