ע־ט־ן

ע־ט־ן

Hebrew

Etymology

Related to Arabic ع ط ن‎ (ʿ ṭ n, root relating to tanning).

Root

ע־ט־ן • (ʕ-ṭ-n)

1. Forming words relating to packing olives into containers

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Pa'al: עָטַן‎ (ʕɔṭan, “to put olives in a vat”)
• Nif'al: נֶעֱטַן‎ (nɛʕɛ̆ṭan, “to be packed”)

Nouns and adjectives

• עָטִין‎ (ʕɔṭin, “packed olives”)
• מַעֲטָן‎ (maʕăṭɔn, “vat of olives”)

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 469
• A. Murtonen (1989), “&7N”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 316