ghalet غالط
Algerian Darja · adjective
“ghalet” (غالط) is an adjective in Algerian Darja meaning mistaken, in the wrong.
Meanings
- mistaken, in the wrong
- wrong, incorrect
Usage
Ghalet (feminine ghalta, plural ghaltine) is said of someone who is mistaken. By far the most common phrasing is rak ghalet, "you're wrong". One says rak ghalet fih (or fiha) for "you're wrong about him (her)", that is, "you judge him badly". The word can also describe something false: hadi ghalta, "that's wrong". The corresponding verb is ghlet, "he made a mistake". The register is neutral and is used in conversation as well as in online comments. Note: ghalet describes a person who is in error, not a "wicked" person.
Example
راك غالط، ماشي هكا صرات
rak ghalet, machi haka sarat
“You're wrong, that's not how it happened.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghalet” but also “ghalat”, “ghalt”, “8alet” and “ghaalet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 8 is light ha (ه) or ghayn (غ), depending on the writer.
Type “ghalet” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “mistaken, in the wrong”; “false, incorrect”: ghalet in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “mistaken, in the wrong”; “wrong, incorrect”: ghalet in Tunisian.