to miss the target to make a mistake, be wrong 6 realizations
NEW Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Amharic
lexeme satä
meaning 1 to miss (the target), to fail to hit
direction
meaning 2 to err, to be mistaken, make a mistake
reference AED: 529
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme 1 ḫaṭiʔa, ḫaṭiʔa
lexeme 2 ḫaṭiʔa, ʔaḫṭaʔa
meaning 1 to commit a mistake, an error
direction
meaning 2 to miss, to fail of hitting ʔaḫṭaʔa r-rāmī l-ġaraḍ-a
The archer missed the mark.
reference Lane: 761
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 3
type Polysemy
language Geez
lexeme 1 səḥta
lexeme 2 səḥta
meaning 1 to miss (a target, an aim)

yahayyəṗu śəʕərta wa-ʔi-yəsəḥətu (Jud. 20:16)



They shoot arrows into a hair and do not miss it.

direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, error nabiy ʔəmma səḥta ʔana ʔasḥatkəwwo (Hez. 14:9)

If a prophet erred, then I made him error.

reference CDG: 494 LLA: 329
comment
NEW Realization 4
type Cognates
language 1 Old East Slavic
language 2 Serbian
lexeme 1 грѣшити
lexeme 2 грешити (grešiti)
meaning 1 to miss the target грѣшихъ стрѣливъ
I shot and missed
direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong грешити у правопису
make mistakes in spelling
reference Sreznevskij: 604 Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 224
comment
NEW Realization 5
type Cognates
language 1 Old East Slavic
language 2 Croatian
lexeme 1 грѣшити
lexeme 2 grešiti
meaning 1 to miss the target грѣшихъ стрѣливъ
I shot and missed
direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, be wrong griješiti tipkajući
make mistakes while typing
reference Sreznevskij: 604 HJP
comment
NEW Realization 6
type Polysemy
language Tigrinya
lexeme säḥatä
meaning 1 to miss (target, etc.)
direction
meaning 2 to make a mistake, to err, to blunder
reference TED: 646
comment