From a metathesis of the variant form ܡܚܲܛܵܐ (mḥaṭṭā), from Aramaic מְחַטָא (məḥaṭṭā), tool noun of the verb ܚܵܐܹܛ (ḥāˀēṭ, “to sew”); related to Arabic مِخْيَط (miḵyaṭ), Hebrew מַחַט (mákhat).
ܚܡܵܛܵܐ • (ḥmāṭā) f sg (plural ܚܡܵܛܹ̈ܐ (ḥmāṭē) or ܡ̈ܚܲܛܵܬ݂ܵܐ (mḥaṭṭāṯā))
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| state | form | person | singular | plural | ||||
| m | f | |||||||
| singular | absolute | ܚܡܵܛ (ḥmāṭ) | 1st person | ܚܡܵܛܝܼ (ḥmāṭī) | ܚܡܵܛܲܢ (ḥmāṭan) | |||
| construct | ܚܡܵܛ (ḥmāṭ) | 2nd person | ܚܡܵܛܘܼܟ݂ (ḥmāṭōḵ) | ܚܡܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ (ḥmāṭāḵ) | ܚܡܵܛܲܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܡܵܛܵܐ (ḥmāṭā) | 3rd person | ܚܡܵܛܹܗ (ḥmāṭēh) | ܚܡܵܛܵܗ̇ (ḥmāṭāh) | ܚܡܵܛܗܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭhōn) | |||
| plural | absolute | ܚܡܵܛܝܼ̈ܢ (ḥmāṭīn) | 1st person | ܚܡܵܛܝܼ̈ (ḥmāṭī) | ܚܡܵܛܲܢ̈ (ḥmāṭan) | |||
| construct | ܚܡܵܛܲܝ̈ (ḥmāṭay) | 2nd person | ܚܡܵܛܘܼ̈ܟ݂ (ḥmāṭōḵ) | ܚܡܵܛܵܟ݂ܝ̈ (ḥmāṭāḵ) | ܚܡܵܛܲܘ̈ܟ݂ܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭawḵōn) | |||
| emphatic | ܚܡܵܛܹ̈ܐ (ḥmāṭē) | 3rd person | ܚܡܵܛܘܼ̈ܗܝ (ḥmāṭūh) | ܚܡܵܛܘܼ̈ܗ̇ (ḥmāṭōh) | ܚܡܵܛܲܝ̈ܗܘܿܢ (ḥmāṭayhōn) | |||