ghalet غالط
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“ghalet” (غالط) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning mistaken, in the wrong.
Meanings
- mistaken, in the wrong
- false, incorrect
Usage
Ghalet is the participle of the verb ghlet (to make a mistake). It applies first to a person who is mistaken or at fault: "nta ghalet" (you're mistaken, you're wrong). It agrees in gender and number: ghalta in the feminine, ghaltin in the plural. It can also describe something false, but for an answer or a calculation people tend to say ghalat or machi s7i7. In an argument, "chkoun lli ghalet?" amounts to asking who is to blame. Pitfall: the word often points to a moral or behavioral fault, not just a factual error.
Example
هوااللي كان غالط
howa li kane ghalatte
“He's the one who was in the wrong.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghalet” but also “ghalt” and “ghaalet”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “ghalet” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “mistaken, in the wrong”; “wrong, incorrect”: ghalet in Algerian.
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.