ܚܛܬܐ

Classical Syriac

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ħɛtˤtˤ(ə)θɑ]

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa) and Hebrew חִטָּה (ḥiṭṭâ).

Noun

ܚܛܬܐ • (ḥeṭṭəṯā) f (plural ܚܛܐ)

1. (grain of) wheat

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܛܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܛܐ		1st person	ܚܛܬܝ		ܚܛܬܢ
	construct	ܚܛܬ		2nd person	ܚܛܬܟ	ܚܛܬܟܝ	ܚܛܬܟܝܢ	ܚܛܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܛܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܛܬܗ	ܚܛܬܗ	ܚܛܬܗܘܢ	ܚܛܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܛܝܢ		1st person	ܚܛܝ		ܚܛܝܢ
	construct	ܚܛܝ		2nd person	ܚܛܝܟ	ܚܛܝܟܝ	ܚܛܝܟܘܢ	ܚܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܛܐ		3rd person	ܚܛܘܗܝ	ܚܛܝܗ	ܚܛܝܗܘܢ	ܚܛܝܗܝܢ

Etymology 2

Noun

ܚܛܬܐ • (ḥeṭṭəṯā) f (plural ܚܛܐ)

1. (medicine) collyrium
2. (anatomy) nipple

Inflection

Inflection of ܚܛܬܐ

	isolated forms			with possessive pronouns
	state	form		person	singular		plural
					m	f	m	f
singular	absolute	ܚܛܐ		1st person	ܚܛܬܝ		ܚܛܬܢ
	construct	ܚܛܬ		2nd person	ܚܛܬܟ	ܚܛܬܟܝ	ܚܛܬܟܝܢ	ܚܛܬܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܛܬܐ		3rd person	ܚܛܬܗ	ܚܛܬܗ	ܚܛܬܗܘܢ	ܚܛܬܗܝܢ
plural	absolute	ܚܛܝܢ		1st person	ܚܛܝ		ܚܛܝܢ
	construct	ܚܛܝ		2nd person	ܚܛܝܟ	ܚܛܝܟܝ	ܚܛܝܟܘܢ	ܚܛܝܟܝܢ
	emphatic	ܚܛܐ		3rd person	ܚܛܘܗܝ	ܚܛܝܗ	ܚܛܝܗܘܢ	ܚܛܝܗܝܢ

References

• “ḥṭh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 102a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 138b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 444b