حنطة

Arabic

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ħin.tˤa/

Noun

حِنْطَة • (ḥinṭa) f

  1. spelt (Triticum spelta)
  2. wheat
    Synonyms: قَمْح (qamḥ), بُرّ (burr), طَعَام (ṭaʕām)

Declension
Declension of noun حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
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
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