זית
Hebrew
Olive trees
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *zayt- (“olive, olive trees, olive oil”); cognates include Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), Ethiopic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”), زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), Egyptian
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ḏt or ḏjt.
Noun
זַיִת • (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- olive (species)
- olive tree (tree)
- olive (fruit)
Derived terms
- כַּזַּיִת (kazáyit)
- הַר הַזֵּיתִים (har hezeitím)
Further reading
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