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