ghalt غلط
Algerian Darja · noun
“ghalt” (غلط) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning mistake, error.
Meanings
- mistake, error
- wrongly, amiss (adverbial)
Usage
Ghalt refers to an error or mistake. A specific mistake is most often called ghalta, plural ghaltat. The form ghalt is mostly adverbial or fixed: ma tefhamnich ghalt (don't misunderstand me), bel ghalt (by mistake). The same root gives the verb ghlet, "to make a mistake": ghlett, I made a mistake. In spoken language, the word also serves as a moral judgment: hadi ghalt, "that's wrong, that's not right". The register is neutral and common.
Example
سمحلي، درتها بالغلط
sme7li, dertha bel ghalt
“Sorry, I did it by mistake.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghalt” but also “ghlat”, “ghalta”, “ghlet” and “8alt”. 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 “ghalt” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “mistake, error”; “wrong, wrongly”: ghalat in Moroccan.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to make a mistake”; “mistake, error”: ghlet in Tunisian.