زيت

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns oil, specifically olive oil, and its source, the olive tree. It extends to the act of anointing or lubricating with oil, and related professions.

Derived headwords

الزيتnoun

1.
Olive oilboth
The oil extracted from olives, commonly known as olive oil.
2.
Oilboth
General term for oil, especially when used for lubrication or as a food ingredient.

الزيتونnoun

1.
Olive treeboth
The tree that produces olives, known for its fruit and oil.
2.
Olivesboth
The fruit of the olive tree.

زيتونةnoun

1.
Olive (fruit)both
A single fruit from the olive tree.
2.
Olive treeboth
The tree itself, referred to singularly.

زاتَverb

1.
To anointclassical
To apply oil to something, such as the head or food.
2.
To lubricateclassical
To make something slippery or smooth with oil.

زَيَّتَverb

1.
To make with oilclassical
To prepare food or dough using oil.
2.
To anointclassical
To apply oil to something.

أَزَيتَverb

1.
To anointclassical
To apply oil to something.

زَيَّاتnoun

1.
Oil sellerboth
A person who sells oil.
2.
Oil presserboth
A person who extracts oil, typically from olives.

مُزَيَّتadjective

1.
Oiled (incomplete)classical
Prepared with oil, but possibly implying a lesser amount or a specific method.

مَزْيُوتadjective

1.
Oiled (complete)classical
Thoroughly prepared or coated with oil.

ازْدَادَverb

1.
To anoint oneselfclassical
To apply oil to oneself.

مُزْدَادadjective

1.
Anointedclassical
One who has applied oil to themselves.

مُزَيْتِيتnoun

1.
Diminutive of oiled thingclassical
A diminutive form referring to something small that has been oiled.

يَسْتَزِيتُونverb

1.
To ask for oilclassical
To request or beg for oil as a gift.

أَزَاتُواverb

1.
To have abundant oilclassical
To possess a large quantity of oil.

زاتَverb

1.
To add oilclassical
To put oil into food or dough.

زاتَverb

1.
To feed oilclassical
To give oil as food to people.

زاتَverb

1.
To make oilyclassical
To cause something to become oily.

Parallel reading

الزيت معروف، عصارة الزيتون.

The oil is known, the extract of the olive.

والزيتون: شجر معروف، والزيت: دهنه، واحدته زيتونة.

And the olive tree: a known tree, and the oil: its fat, its singular is a زيتونة (olive).

وهو في القرآن العزيز، وعلى أفواه الناس، قال الله، عز وجل: والتين والزيتون؛

And it is in the Noble Quran, and on the tongues of people, Allah, the Almighty, said: 'By the fig and the olive';

قال ابن عباس: هو تينكم هذا، وزيتونكم هذا.

Ibn Abbas said: It is your figs, this, and your olives, this.

قال الفراء: يقال إنهما مسجدان بالشأم، أحدهما الذي كلم الله تعالى عنده موسى، عليه السلام؛

Al-Farra' said: It is said they are two mosques in Sham, one of them is where Allah the Almighty spoke to Moses, peace be upon him;

وقيل: الزيتون جبال الشأم.

And it was said: The olive trees are mountains of Sham.

ويقال للشجرة نفسها: زيتونة، ولثمرتها: زيتونة، والجمع: الزيتون، وللدهن الذي يستخرج منه: زيت.

And the tree itself is called: زيتونة, and its fruit: زيتونة, and the plural: الزيتون, and for the fat extracted from it: زيت.

ويقال للذي يبيع الزيت: زيات، وللذي يعتصره: زيات.

And he who sells oil is called: زيات, and he who presses it: زيات.

قال الأصمعي: حدثني عبد الملك بن صالح بن علي، قال: تبقى الزيتونة ثلاثة آلاف سنة.

Al-Asma'i said: 'Abd al-Malik ibn Salih ibn Ali told me, he said: The olive tree remains for three thousand years.

وزت الثريد والطعام أزيته زيتا، فهو مزيت، على النقص، ومزيوت، على التمام: عملته بالزيت؛

And he prepared the thareed and the food, he prepared it with oil, so it is مزيت (oiled, incompletely), and مزيوت (oiled, completely): he made it with oil;

ولا حنطة الشأم المزيت خميرها

Nor the wheat of Sham whose dough is prepared with oil.

اللحياني: زت الخبز والفتوت لتته بزيت.

Al-Laythiyani: He prepared the bread and the small pieces of bread by adding oil to them.

وزت رأسي ورأس فلان: دهنته بالزيت.

And he oiled my head and so-and-so's head: I anointed it with oil.

وازت به: ادهنت.

And he anointed himself with it: he applied oil to himself.

وزت القوم: جعلت أديمهم الزيت.

And he oiled the people: I made their skin oil.

وزيتهم إذا زودتهم الزيت.

And he provided them with oil if I supplied them with oil.

وزات القوم يزيتهم زيتا: أطعمهم الزيت؛

And he fed the people oil: he gave them oil to eat;

وأزاتوا: كثر عندهم الزيت، عنه أيضا، قال: وكذلك كل شيء من هذا إذا أردت أطعمتهم، أو وهبت لهم، قلته: فعلتهم، وإذا أردت أن ذلك قد كثر عندهم، قلت: قد أفعلوا.

And they had abundant oil: oil became plentiful with them, also from him, he said: And so it is with everything of this kind, if you mean you fed them, or gave them, you say: I did it to them, and if you mean that it has become plentiful with them, you say: It has become plentiful for them.

وازدات فلان إذا ادهن بالزيت، وهو مزدات؛

And so-and-so anointed himself if he applied oil to himself, and he is مزدات (anointed);

وتصغيره بتمامه: مزيتيت.

And its diminutive is, in its entirety: مزيتيت.

وجاؤوا يستزيتون أي يستوهبون الزيت.

And they came asking for oil, meaning they were begging for oil.