זית
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Hebrew[edit]
Etymology[edit]
| Root |
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| ז־ו־ת (z-w-t) |
Akin to Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), whence Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), as well as to Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʿ), Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti), Semitic borrowings; from Northwest Semitic also Egyptian
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ḏt.
Noun[edit]
זַיִת • (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
- olive (species)
- olive tree (tree)
- olive (fruit)
- olive (colour)
Derived terms[edit]
- כַּזַּיִת (kazáyit)
- הַר הַזֵּיתִים (har hezeitím)
References[edit]
- H2132 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “זית” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading[edit]
זית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
