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


ḏt or ḏjt.

Noun

זַיִת (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  1. olive (species)
  2. olive tree (tree)
  3. olive (fruit)

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