ܚܠܛܐ

From Aramaic חֵלְטָא (ḥelṭā). The sense of “error” is a semantic loan from Arabic as an allusion to غَلَط (ḡalaṭ).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [xɪlːtˤɑː]

ܚܸܠܛܵܐ • (ḥilṭā) m sg (plural ܚܸܠܛܹ̈ܐ (ḥilṭē))

1. mistake, error

   ܐܵܗܵܐ ܦܸܬܓ݂ܵܡܵܐ ܕܚܸܠܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ ܦܝܵܫܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ܡܘܼܟ݂ܫܸܛܵܐ ܒܕܲܠܩܘܼܒ݂ܠܵܝܘܼܬܵܐ ܕܚܲܒܪ̈ܘܼܗܝ

   āhā pitḡāmā d-ḥilṭūh pyāšā ìlēh muḵšiṭṭā b-dalquḇlāyūtā d-ḥabrūh

   This is a phrase whose error is revealed by the contrariness of its words.

2. wrong, incorrect

   ܦܘܼܢܵܝܵܐ ܚܸܠܛܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― punnāyā ḥilṭā ìlēh ― The answer is wrong.

   ܦܘܼܪܡܝܼ ܠܘܼܟ݂ ܚܸܠܛܵܐ ― purmī lōḵ ḥilṭā ― You misunderstood me.

3. mixture

• Although ܚܸܠܛܵܐ is a noun, its usage covers situations where an adjective or adverb would be used in English.

  The native synonym ܛܥܝܼܫܵܐ (ṭˁīšā) is an equivalent adjective, and ܛܥܝܼܫܵܐܝܼܬ (ṭˁīšāˀīt) is an equivalent adverb.

• (error): ܛܥܘܼܫܝܵܐ (ṭˁušyā)