From a common Semitic root. Compare Hebrew חִטָּה (ḥiṭṭā́, “wheat”), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎉𐎚 (ḥṭt, “wheat”), Jewish Palestinian Aramaic and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חִיטְּתָא (ḥiṭtəṯā, “wheat”) (absolute state: חִיטָּא (ḥiṭṭā)) / ܚܛܬܐ (ḥeṭtəṯā, “wheat”) (absolute state: ܚܛܐ (ḥeṭṭā)), Imperial Aramaic 𐡇𐡍𐡈𐡕𐡀 (ḥnṭtʾ, “wheat”) (absolute state: 𐡇𐡍𐡈𐡀 (ḥnṭʾ)), Palmyrene Aramaic 𐡧𐡨𐡠 (ḥṭʾ) (emphatic). Ge'ez ኅጠት (ḫəṭṭät), ሕጠት (ḥəṭṭät, “grain”), Soqotri ḥinṭeh (“wheat”), Mehri ḥeyṭ (“wheat”), Akkadian 𒊺 (/uṭṭatu, eṭṭetu/, “edible grains or kernels, especially barley or wheat”). With some likelihood ունդ (und), հունդ (hund, “edible seed, grain”) is related.
حِنْطَة • (ḥinṭa) f
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | حِنْطَة ḥinṭa |
الْحِنْطَة al-ḥinṭa |
حِنْطَة ḥinṭat |
Nominative | حِنْطَةٌ ḥinṭatun |
الْحِنْطَةُ al-ḥinṭatu |
حِنْطَةُ ḥinṭatu |
Accusative | حِنْطَةً ḥinṭatan |
الْحِنْطَةَ al-ḥinṭata |
حِنْطَةَ ḥinṭata |
Genitive | حِنْطَةٍ ḥinṭatin |
الْحِنْطَةِ al-ḥinṭati |
حِنْطَةِ ḥinṭati |