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زتن

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the olive tree and its fruit, the olive. It also relates to the oil derived from olives and the concept of abundance of olives.

Derived headwords

الزَّيْتُونnoun
  1. 1.
    Olive treeboth

    The olive tree, a well-known tree that produces olives.

  2. 2.
    Olive (fruit)both

    The fruit of the olive tree.

زَيْتnoun
  1. 1.
    Olive oilboth

    The oil extracted from olives, also referred to as 'the oil'.

Parallel reading

الزَّيْتُون: معروف
The olive tree: is well-known.
والنون فيه زائدة
And the 'noon' in it is an addition.
وهو مثل قيعون من القاع
And it is like 'qaywun' from 'qa'' (bottom).
كذلك الزيتون شجر الزيت
Likewise, the olive tree is the tree of the oil.
وهو الدهن
And it is the fat/oil.
وأرض كثيرة الزيتون على هذا فيعول مادة على حيالها
And a land abundant in olives, based on this, a substance is relied upon for its kind.
والأكثر فعلون من الزيت
And the most common is 'faylun' from 'zayt' (oil).
وهو مذكور في بابه
And it is mentioned in its chapter.