"זית" meaning in Hebrew

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Noun

Forms: זַיִת [canonical], záyit [romanization], זֵיתִים [indefinite, plural], זֵית־ [construct, singular], זֵיתֵי־ [construct, plural]
Etymology: Akin to Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), whence Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), as well as to Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʻ), Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti), Semitic borrowings; from Northwest Semitic also Egyptian D-d:t*W-M1 ḏt. Etymology templates: {{he-rootbox|ז־ו־ת}}, {{cog|uga|𐎇𐎚𐎎|tr=ztm}} Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), {{cog|phn|𐤆𐤕}} Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), {{cog|arc|זֵיתָא|tr=zētā}} Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), {{cog|arc|ܙܝܬܐ|tr=zaytā}} Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), {{cog|am|ዘይት||olive oil}} Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), {{cog|ar|زَيْت|t=oil, olive oil}} Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), {{cog|xcl|ձէթ}} Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʻ), {{cog|oge|ზეთი}} Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti), {{cog|sem-nwe|-}} Northwest Semitic, {{cog|egy|-}} Egyptian Head templates: {{he-noun|cons=זֵית|g=m|pat=קֶטֶל|pl=זֵיתִים|plcons=זֵיתֵי|tr=záyit|wv=זַיִת}} זַיִת • (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]
  1. olive (species)
    Sense id: en-זית-he-noun-S-X7nRhq Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל, Olive family plants Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת: 13 33 38 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 13 33 37 17 Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 28 22 27 23
  2. olive tree (an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit)
    Sense id: en-זית-he-noun-h6i50BGk Categories (other): Hebrew entries with incorrect language header, Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters, Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks, Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת, Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fruits, Greens, Olive family plants Disambiguation of Hebrew entries with incorrect language header: 4 70 20 5 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters: 6 56 30 8 Disambiguation of Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks: 7 59 26 8 Disambiguation of Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת: 11 51 25 12 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת: 13 33 38 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 13 33 37 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 80 11 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 82 9 4 Disambiguation of Fruits: 4 52 40 4 Disambiguation of Greens: 9 38 43 9 Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 28 22 27 23
  3. olive (the small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green))
    Sense id: en-זית-he-noun-ZjDRJqCh Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל, Greens, Olive family plants Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת: 13 33 38 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 13 33 37 17 Disambiguation of Greens: 9 38 43 9 Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 28 22 27 23
  4. olive (a dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive)
    Sense id: en-זית-he-noun-MWvV8r0D Categories (other): Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת, Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל, Olive family plants Disambiguation of Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת: 13 33 38 16 Disambiguation of Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל: 13 33 37 17 Disambiguation of Olive family plants: 28 22 27 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: כַּזַּיִת (kazáyit), הַר הַזֵּיתִים (har hezeitím) 
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "kazáyit",
      "word": "כַּזַּיִת"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "har hezeitím",
      "word": "הַר הַזֵּיתִים"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎇𐎚𐎎",
        "tr": "ztm"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤆𐤕"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "זֵיתָא",
        "tr": "zētā"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "ܙܝܬܐ",
        "tr": "zaytā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ዘይት",
        "3": "",
        "4": "olive oil"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زَيْت",
        "t": "oil, olive oil"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ձէթ"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oge",
        "2": "ზეთი"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-nwe",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Northwest Semitic",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Akin to Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), whence Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), as well as to Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʻ), Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti), Semitic borrowings; from Northwest Semitic also Egyptian D-d:t*W-M1 ḏt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "זַיִת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "záyit",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "זֵיתִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "זֵית־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "זֵיתֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "cons": "זֵית",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "pl": "זֵיתִים",
        "plcons": "זֵיתֵי",
        "tr": "záyit",
        "wv": "זַיִת"
      },
      "expansion": "זַיִת • (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 38 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 37 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "28 22 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
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          "orig": "he:Olive family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "olive (species)"
      ],
      "id": "en-זית-he-noun-S-X7nRhq",
      "links": [
        [
          "olive",
          "olive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 70 20 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 56 30 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 59 26 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 51 25 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 38 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 37 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 80 11 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 82 9 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 52 40 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Fruits",
          "orig": "he:Fruits",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 38 43 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Greens",
          "orig": "he:Greens",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 22 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Olive family plants",
          "orig": "he:Olive family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "olive tree (an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "olive tree",
          "olive tree#English:_Q37083"
        ],
        [
          "evergreen",
          "evergreen"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "Olea europaea",
          "Olea europaea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "olive",
          "olive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 38 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 37 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 38 43 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Greens",
          "orig": "he:Greens",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 22 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Olive family plants",
          "orig": "he:Olive family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "olive (the small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green))"
      ],
      "id": "en-זית-he-noun-ZjDRJqCh",
      "links": [
        [
          "olive",
          "olive#English:_Q1621080"
        ],
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 38 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 33 37 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 22 27 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "he",
          "name": "Olive family plants",
          "orig": "he:Olive family plants",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "olive (a dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive)"
      ],
      "id": "en-זית-he-noun-MWvV8r0D",
      "links": [
        [
          "olive",
          "olive#English:_Q864152"
        ],
        [
          "green",
          "green"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "זית"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Hebrew entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hebrew lemmas",
    "Hebrew links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Hebrew links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns",
    "Hebrew masculine nouns ending in ־ת",
    "Hebrew nouns",
    "Hebrew terms belonging to the root ז־ו־ת",
    "Hebrew terms in the pattern קֶטֶל",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "he:Fruits",
    "he:Greens",
    "he:Olive family plants"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "kazáyit",
      "word": "כַּזַּיִת"
    },
    {
      "roman": "har hezeitím",
      "word": "הַר הַזֵּיתִים"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ז־ו־ת"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "he-rootbox"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uga",
        "2": "𐎇𐎚𐎎",
        "tr": "ztm"
      },
      "expansion": "Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phn",
        "2": "𐤆𐤕"
      },
      "expansion": "Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "זֵיתָא",
        "tr": "zētā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "arc",
        "2": "ܙܝܬܐ",
        "tr": "zaytā"
      },
      "expansion": "Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "am",
        "2": "ዘይት",
        "3": "",
        "4": "olive oil"
      },
      "expansion": "Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "زَيْت",
        "t": "oil, olive oil"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ձէթ"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʻ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "oge",
        "2": "ზეთი"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sem-nwe",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Northwest Semitic",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "egy",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Egyptian",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Akin to Ugaritic 𐎇𐎚𐎎 (ztm), Phoenician 𐤆𐤕 (zt), Galilean Aramaic זֵיתָא (zētā), Syriac Aramaic ܙܝܬܐ (zaytā), whence Amharic ዘይት (zäyt, “olive oil”), Arabic زَيْت (zayt, “oil, olive oil”), as well as to Old Armenian ձէթ (jētʻ), Old Georgian ზეთი (zeti), Semitic borrowings; from Northwest Semitic also Egyptian D-d:t*W-M1 ḏt.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "זַיִת",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "záyit",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "זֵיתִים",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "זֵית־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "זֵיתֵי־",
      "tags": [
        "construct",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "cons": "זֵית",
        "g": "m",
        "pat": "קֶטֶל",
        "pl": "זֵיתִים",
        "plcons": "זֵיתֵי",
        "tr": "záyit",
        "wv": "זַיִת"
      },
      "expansion": "זַיִת • (záyit) m (plural indefinite זֵיתִים, singular construct זֵית־, plural construct זֵיתֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]",
      "name": "he-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hebrew",
  "lang_code": "he",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "olive (species)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "olive",
          "olive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "olive tree (an evergreen tree, Olea europaea, that produces olives as fruit)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "olive tree",
          "olive tree#English:_Q37083"
        ],
        [
          "evergreen",
          "evergreen"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ],
        [
          "Olea europaea",
          "Olea europaea#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "olive",
          "olive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "olive (the small oval fruit of this tree, eaten ripe (usually black) or unripe (usually green))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "olive",
          "olive#English:_Q1621080"
        ],
        [
          "fruit",
          "fruit"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "olive (a dark yellowish-green color, that of an unripe olive)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "olive",
          "olive#English:_Q864152"
        ],
        [
          "green",
          "green"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "זית"
}

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