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)

Derived terms

• כַּזַּיִת (kazáyit)
• הַר הַזֵּיתִים (har hezeitím)

Further reading

• זית on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he