זית

Hebrew
Olive trees

Etymology

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

ḏt.

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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