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زَيْت
oil /ˈzajt/
nounB1#2720 most common
Also: olive oil, cooking oil, lubricant
Example sentences
هَذَا زَيْتٌ.
This is oil.
أُضِيفُ زَيْتَ الزَّيْتُونِ إِلَى الطَّعَامِ.
I add olive oil to the food.
يُسْتَخْدَمُ الزَّيْتُ فِي الطَّهْيِ يَوْمِيًّا.
Oil is used in cooking every day.
يَجِبُ تَغْيِيرُ زَيْتِ السَّيَّارَةِ كُلَّ ثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ.
The car's oil must be changed every three months.
ارْتَفَعَتْ أَسْعَارُ الزُّيُوتِ النَّبَاتِيَّةِ فِي الأَسْوَاقِ العَالَمِيَّةِ هَذَا العَامَ.
The prices of vegetable oils have risen in global markets this year.
لَطَالَمَا اعْتُبِرَ زَيْتُ الزَّيْتُونِ رَمْزًا لِلْبَرَكَةِ وَالصِّحَّةِ فِي ثَقَافَاتِ حَوْضِ الْبَحْرِ الْأَبْيَضِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ.
Olive oil has long been considered a symbol of blessing and health in Mediterranean cultures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | زَيْتٌ | زُيُوتٌ |
| Genitive | زَيْتٍ | زُيُوتٍ |
| Accusative | زَيْتًا | زُيُوتًا |
| Vocative | يَا زَيْتُ | يَا زُيُوتُ |
Word family
زَيْتُونolive; olive tree
زَيَّاتoil seller, oil vendor
زَيْتِيّoily; oil-based
زَيَّتَto oil, to lubricate
تَزْيِيتlubrication, oiling
Etymology
زَيْت comes from the Semitic root ز-ي-ت, a root shared across the Semitic language family and tied originally to the olive. Arabic زَيْتُون (olive, olive tree) uses the same root, which points to olive oil as the base meaning before the word widened to cover oil in general. This is a Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so it has no connection to English oil, which traces back through Latin and Greek instead.
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