ghlet غلط

Tunisian Derja · verb

“ghlet” (غلط) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to make a mistake.

Meanings

1. to make a mistake
2. mistake, error
3. wrong, incorrect

Usage

The verb ghlet means "to make a mistake". The thing one is wrong about is introduced by fi: ghlet fil 7seb, "he made a mistake in the calculation". Ghlatt fil noumrou means "I got the number wrong". Pronounced ghlat, the same word works as a noun and an adjective: hedha ghlat, "that's wrong". The singulative noun ghalta refers to one specific mistake, plural ghaltat. To apologize for a mistake, say ghalta minni, "it's my fault".

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ghlet” but also “ghlat”, “ghalt”, “ghlot” and “8lat”. 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 “ghlet” 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 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.