غ • ل • ت

, aor. غَلُتَ , (TK,) inf. n. غَلْتٌ, (I Aar, O, K,) He rescinded, or annulled, a purchase or sale. (I Aar, O, K, TK.) -A2- غَلِتَ, [aor. غَلُتَ ,] (S, O, Msb,) inf. n. غَلَتٌ, (S, O, K,) i. q. غَلِطَ [He made a mistake, or committed an error, &c.]: (As, I Aar, S, O:) or the former means in reckoning, or computation; and the latter, in speech, (AA, T, S, O, Msb, K,) i. e. he said a thing by mistake meaning to say another thing; (AA, S, O;) or the latter means in reckoning and in speech. (Lb, TA.) It is said in a trad., لَا غَلَتَ فِى الإِسْلَامِ [There shall he no غَلَت in El-Islám], meaning, [for instance,] a man's saying “ I bought of thee this garment, or piece of cloth, for a hundred deenárs ” and thy then finding that he bought it for less. (O.)

He took him in a state of inadvertence, or heedlessness; (K, TA;) the doing of which (i. e. التَّغَلُّتُ) is said in a trad. to be not allowable; (TA:) as also ↓ اغتلتهُ. (K, TA.)

He set upon him, or assailed him, or overcame him, with reviling and beating and violence: (AZ, S, O, K:) like اِغْرَنْدَى (AZ, S, O.) [See اِسْرَنْدَى.]

, (K,) or غَلْتَةُ اللَّيْلِ, (O,) The beginning, or first part, of the night. (O, K.)

One who makes mistakes, or commits errors, much, or often, whether in reckoning, or computation, or in speech. (O, * TA.)

a subst. from [the inf. n.] غَلَتُ [meaning A mistake, or an error, &c.], (O, K.)