ghalat غلط
Moroccan Darija · noun
“ghalat” (غلط) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning mistake, error.
Meanings
- mistake, error
- wrong, wrongly
Usage
Ghalaṭ means a mistake or an error: had chi ghalaṭ, "it's a mistake, it's wrong". It is very often used as an adverb after a verb: fhemt ghalaṭ, "I misunderstood"; ktebti ghalaṭ, "you wrote it wrong". Do not confuse it with the verb ghleṭ, "to make a mistake" (ghleṭt, "I made a mistake"). Do not confuse it either with the participle ghalṭ, "in the wrong": rak ghalṭ fiya, "you're wrong about me". The plural aghlaṭ, "mistakes", is used in particular for spelling mistakes.
Example
سمحليا، فهمت غلط
sm7lia, fhamt ghalat
“Sorry, I misunderstood.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghalat” but also “ghlat”, “ghalt” and “ghalet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghalat” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “mistake, error”; “wrongly, amiss (adverbial)”: ghalt in Algerian.
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.