خَطِيئَة sin in Arabic
خَطِيئَة is how you say “sin” in Arabic.
Root خ ط أ kh-ṭ-ʾ. noun (feminine substantive). khaṭīʾah.
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Meaning of sin in Arabic
- sin, crime, or act of disobedience deserving punishment the primary sense; grounded in the lexicon's account of the verb خَطِئَ, from which this noun is formed
- a fault, offence, or wrongdoing the lexicon notes such wrongdoing is sometimes described as being pursued specifically 'in religion,' whether intentional or not
Example sentence
فَقَالَ إِنَّك إِن تضحك وَأَنت مقرّ بخطيئتك خير من أَن تبْكي وَأَنت مدل بعملك
He said, 'It is better for you to laugh while acknowledging your sins than to cry while boasting of your deeds.'
بِخَطِيئَتِكَ in your sins
With 'confessing', this 'bi-' marks what is owned up to, 'admitting your fault', and 'your' is fused on the noun's end. The whole sits in the genitive the preposition forces.
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How it is used
Distinguished from the related خَطَأٌ, which the lexicon ties to mistakes or errors (often unintentional), khaṭīʾah denotes sin or wrongdoing described as deserving punishment; the underlying verb خَطِئَ is also said to be used specifically of wrongdoing 'in religion.'
Words from the same root
- خَطَأٌ a mistake, an error
- أَخْطَأَ to miss (a target); to err, often unintentionally
- خَاطِئٌ a sinner, a wrongdoer
- مُخْطِئٌ one who errs or makes a mistake unintentionally
- خَطَّأَ to declare someone wrong; to pronounce a mistake
- تَخَاطَأَ to miss one another; to fail to hit
More example sentences
وابك على خطيئتك،
And weep over your sin,
خَطِيئَتِكَ your sin
The object of 'over', so it sits in the possessive case, and the -ka on its end means 'your', tying the sin to you. One Arabic word thus carries the noun and its owner together as the thing wept over.
وَيَذْكُرُ لَهُمْ خَطِيئَتَهُ الَّتِي أَصَابَ ـ
And he mentions to them his sin that befell—
خَطِيئَتَهُ his sin
A noun with -hu ('his') fused on, 'his sin', sitting in the object form as what the verb mentions. The possessor ties the sin to the speaker referred to earlier. So one word holds the thing and its owner, with the verb acting on the whole bundle as its direct object.
وَيَذْكُرُ خَطِيئَتَهُ الَّتِي أَصَابَ ـ
And he mentions his sin that befell him—
خَطِيئَتَهُ his sin
A noun with -hu ('his') fused on, 'his sin', in the object form as what the verb mentions; the possessor ties the sin to the speaker. The feminine ending the noun normally has hardens when a suffix attaches, which is why its shape shifts before the pronoun. The verb acts on the whole owned-noun bundle.
Common questions
- How do you say "sin" in Arabic?
- خَطِيئَة (khaṭīʾah).
- What is the difference between خَطِيئَة and خَطَأ?
- Both share the root kh-ṭ-ʾ, but khaṭīʾah denotes sin or blameworthy wrongdoing, while khaṭaʾ denotes a mistake or error, which the lexicon associates more with unintentional fault.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).