it softens […] Conjugation of עָטַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /(ʕ)eˈtan/ עֵטָן • (etán, ʕeṭɔn) singular form...
(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /la(ʕ)aˈton/ לעטון / לַעֲטֹן • (laʕaton, la'atón) to-infinitive of עָטַן (ʕɔṭan, atán)....
belonging to the root ע־ט־ן (0 c, 1 e) Verbs and verbal derivatives Pa'al: עָטַן (atán, ʕɔṭan, “to put olives in a vat”) Nif'al: נֶעֱטַן (ne'etán, nɛʕɛ̆ṭan...