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زيت

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زَيَّاتٌ ذ One who sells, or expresses, زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil, and, vulgarly, any oil ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] جَاآءَ فُلَانٌ فِى ثِيَابِ زَيَّاتٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one came in dirty clothes. (A.)

Derived headwords

زَيَّاتٌ
  1. 1.
جَاآءَ فُلَانٌ فِى ثِيَابِ زَيَّاتٍ