زيت

A culture word borrowed from Aramaic זיתא / ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā).

• IPA^(key): /zajt/

• Noun:

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زَيْت • (zayt) m (plural زُيُوت (zuyūt) or أَزْيَات (ʔazyāt))

1. oil (all types of oil, edible, fuel, motor oil, etc.)

   أُضِيفُ قَلِيلًا مِنَ الزَّيْتِ إِلَى السَّلَطَةِ.

   ʔuḍīfu qalīlan mina z-zayti ʔilā s-salaṭati.

   I add a little oil to the salad.

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:35:

     يَكَادُ زَيْتُهَا يُضِيءُ وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارٌ

     yakādu zaytuhā yuḍīʔu walaw lam tamsashu nārun

     its oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire.

• زَيْتِيّ (zaytiyy, “oily”)
• زَيّات (zayyāt, “oil-man”)
• زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”)

Denominal verb derived from زَيْت (zayt, “oil”).

زَيَّتَ • (zayyata) II (non-past يُزَيِّتُ (yuzayyitu), verbal noun تَزْيِيت (tazyīt))

1. to oil, to lubricate, to grease
2. to add oil (to food)

• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 148
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 42

From Arabic زَيْت (zayt).

• IPA^(key): /zeːt/,

زيت • (zēt) m (plural زيوت (ziyūt))

1. oil

   زيت زيتون ― zēt zaytūn ― olive oil

From Arabic زَيَّتَ (zayyata).

• IPA^(key): /zaj.jat/

زيت • (zayyat) II (non-past يِزَيِّت (yizayyit))

1. to put oil

From Arabic زَيْت (zayt).

• IPA^(key): /zeːt/,

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زيت • (zēt) m (plural زيوت (zyūt))

1. oil

   زيت زتون ― zēt zatūn ― olive oil

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