غلط (ghalat) — "wrong, incorrect; mistake" in Levantine Arabic
غلط
ɣálaʈ
wrong, incorrect; mistake
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"wrong, incorrect; mistake" in the other dialects
غلط in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
امبارح اشتريت غرض بس طلع غلط
Imbāreḥ ishtarēt gharaḍ bas ṭiliʿ ghalaṭ
Yesterday I bought an item but it turned out to be wrong.
بس بعدين عرفت اني رجعت الغلط
Bas ba'dein 'areft inni rajja't el-ghalaṭ.
But then I realized I had returned the wrong one.
from The Vendor's Mistake
امبارح اشتريت قميص بس كان قياسه غلط
Imbāriḥ ishtarēt qamīṣ bas kān qiyāso ghalaṭ
Yesterday I bought a shirt, but it was the wrong size
صاحب المحل ضحك كتير وقلي هاد جزدان العاب للاطفال بالغلط
Ṣāḥib el-maḥall ḍiḥik kteer w-qali hād jizdān al3āb lil-aṭfāl bil-ghalaṭ.
The shop owner laughed a lot and told me this was a toy wallet for children by mistake.
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