زيت

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns oil, specifically olive oil, its extraction, and its use. It extends to the olive tree and fruit, and metaphorically to things associated with oil or its properties, including places and even a horse.

Derived headwords

الزيتname

1.
Mu'awiyah's horseclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Mu'awiyah bin Sa'd bin 'Abd Sa'd.

الزيتnoun

1.
oilboth
A well-known oil, which is the essence of olives.
2.
olive oilboth
The essence or extract of olives.

الزيتونnoun

1.
olive treeboth
The tree that bears olives. The singular is 'zaytunah'.
2.
olivesboth
The fruit of the olive tree. It can also be used metaphorically for the tree itself.
3.
Damascusclassical
A place name, possibly referring to the mosque of Damascus.
4.
Syrian mountainsclassical
A geographical location in the Levant.
5.
Chinaclassical
A place name, referring to a location in China.
6.
village in Upper Egyptclassical
A village located in Upper Egypt on the west bank of the Nile.

زيتونةnoun

1.
olive (fruit)both
A single olive fruit.
2.
olive treeboth
A single olive tree.

زيتونname

1.
Abu al-Qasim al-Muzzaffar's grandfatherclassical
The name of a person, the grandfather of Abu al-Qasim al-Muzzaffar bin Muhammad bin Zaytun al-Yazidi al-Baghdadi.

الزيتونيname

1.
Abu Ja'far al-Mutakallimclassical
A kunya (sobriquet) for Abu Ja'far al-Mutakallim, son of 'Abd al-Sayyid bin 'Ali bin Muhammad bin al-Tayyib, known as Ibn al-Zaytuniy.

الزيتونةname

1.
place in the Syrian desertclassical
A location in the Syrian desert where Hisham bin 'Abd al-Malik used to encamp.

عين الزيتونةname

1.
spring in Ifriqiyaclassical
A location named 'Spring of Olives' in Ifriqiya (North Africa).

أحجار الزيتname

1.
place in Medinaclassical
A location outside the holy city of Medina where Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi bin 'Abdullah was martyred.

قصر الزيتname

1.
place in Basraclassical
A district near the canals of Basra.

زياتnoun

1.
oil sellerboth
One who sells oil.
2.
oil presserboth
One who presses oil.

زتverb

1.
to add oil toboth
To add oil to tharid or food, or to prepare it with oil.
2.
to moisten with oilclassical
To moisten bread or crumbs with oil.

أزيتهverb

1.
to add oil toboth
To add oil to tharid or food, or to prepare it with oil.

مزيتadjective

1.
oiled (deficient)classical
Prepared with oil, used in a deficient form (without the final vowel).

مزيوتadjective

1.
oiled (complete)both
Prepared with oil, used in its complete form.

ازدادverb

1.
to anoint oneselfclassical
To anoint oneself with oil.

مزدادadjective

1.
anointedclassical
One who has anointed themselves with oil.

مزيتيتadjective

1.
small anointed oneclassical
The diminutive form of 'mzdad', referring to someone who has anointed themselves.

زاتهمverb

1.
to feed them oilclassical
To feed people oil, or to make their fat (skin) oily.

زيتهمverb

1.
to provide them with oilclassical
To supply people with oil.

أزاتواverb

1.
to have abundant oilclassical
To have a lot of oil, or for oil to be abundant among them.

استزاتverb

1.
to ask for oilclassical
To request or ask for oil, often as a gift.

الزيتيةname

1.
Labeed's horseclassical
The name of a horse belonging to Labeed bin 'Amr al-Ghassani, named so because it sweated profusely.

زياتadjective

1.
dirtyclassical
Wearing dirty clothes.

طور زيتاname

1.
Mount Sinaiclassical
The mountain where divine revelation occurred.

كفر الزياتname

1.
village in Egyptclassical
A village located in Egypt.

Parallel reading

الزيت: فرس معاوية بن سعد

Al-Zayt: The horse of Mu'awiyah bin Sa'd.

الزيت: دهن معروف، وهو عصارة الزيتون

Al-Zayt: A well-known oil, which is the essence of olives.

والزيتون شجرته

And al-Zaytun: its tree.

قال الله تعالى: {والتين والزيتون}

Allah the Almighty said: {By the fig and the olive}.

قال ابن عباس: هو تينكم هاذا، زيتونكم هاذا.

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

وقيل: إنهما مسجدان بالشام: أحدهما مسجد دمشق، وثانيهما المسجد الذي كلم الله تعالى عنده موسى، عليه السلام

And it was said: They are two mosques in the Levant: one of them is the mosque of Damascus, and the second is the mosque where Allah the Almighty spoke to Moses, peace be upon him.

أو الزيتون: جبال الشام

Or al-Zaytun: the mountains of the Levant.

الزيتون: د، بالصين

Al-Zaytun: a place in China.

الزيتون: ة، بالصعيد على غربي النيل

Al-Zaytun: a village in Upper Egypt on the west bank of the Nile.

وزت الثريد والطعام، أزيته، زيتا: جعلت فيه الزيت، أو عملته بالزيت

And he 'zatta' the tharid and the food, 'azaytuhu', 'zaytan': he put oil in it, or prepared it with oil.

فهو مزيت، على النقص، ومزيوت، على التمام

So it is 'muzayyat', in the deficient form, and 'muzayyat', in the complete form.

وازداد فلان: إذا ادهن به

And so-and-so 'azdada': if he anointed himself with it.

وزاتهم: أطعمهم إياه

And 'zat' them: he fed them it.

وزيتهم: إذا زودتهم الزيت

And 'zayyatahum': if you supplied them with oil.

وأزاتوا: كثر عندهم الزيت

And 'azatu': oil became abundant among them.

واستزات: طلبه

And 'istazaata': he requested it.

جاؤوا يستزيتون: أي يستوهبون الزيت

They came 'yastazitoon': meaning they were asking for oil as a gift.

الزيتية: فرس لبيد بن عمر والغساني

Al-Zaytiyyah: The horse of Labeed bin 'Amr al-Ghassani.

جاء فلان في ثياب زيات: أي في ثياب وسخة

So-and-so came in 'zayyat' clothes: meaning in dirty clothes.

طور زيتا: الذي وقع عليه الوحي

Tur Zayta: the one upon which the revelation occurred.

كفر الزيات: قرية بمصر

Kafr al-Zayyat: a village in Egypt.