حيطة

Arabic

Root
ح و ط (ḥ-w-ṭ)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħiː.tˤa/, /ħaj.tˤa/

Noun

حِيطَة or حَيْطَة • (ḥīṭa or ḥayṭa) f

1. verbal noun of حَاطَ (ḥāṭa) (form I)
2. cautiousness, caution, prudence

   Synonym: حَوْطَة (ḥawṭa)

Declension

Declension of noun حِيطَة (ḥīṭa)‎; حَيْطَة (ḥayṭa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِيطَة‎; حَيْطَة ḥīṭa‎; ḥayṭa	الْحِيطَة‎; الْحَيْطَة al-ḥīṭa‎; al-ḥayṭa	حِيطَة‎; حَيْطَة ḥīṭat‎; ḥayṭat
Nominative	حِيطَةٌ‎; حَيْطَةٌ ḥīṭatun‎; ḥayṭatun	الْحِيطَةُ‎; الْحَيْطَةُ al-ḥīṭatu‎; al-ḥayṭatu	حِيطَةُ‎; حَيْطَةُ ḥīṭatu‎; ḥayṭatu
Accusative	حِيطَةً‎; حَيْطَةً ḥīṭatan‎; ḥayṭatan	الْحِيطَةَ‎; الْحَيْطَةَ al-ḥīṭata‎; al-ḥayṭata	حِيطَةَ‎; حَيْطَةَ ḥīṭata‎; ḥayṭata
Genitive	حِيطَةٍ‎; حَيْطَةٍ ḥīṭatin‎; ḥayṭatin	الْحِيطَةِ‎; الْحَيْطَةِ al-ḥīṭati‎; al-ḥayṭati	حِيطَةِ‎; حَيْطَةِ ḥīṭati‎; ḥayṭati

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “حيطة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic حَائِط (ḥāʔiṭ).

Noun

حيطة • (ḥīṭa) f (plural حطان (ḥiṭān))

1. wall (division in a building)