ע־ט־ן

Hebrew

Etymology

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

Root

ע־ט־ן • (ʕ-ṭ-n)

1. Forming words relating to packing olives into containers

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root ע־ט־ן (0 c, 1 e)

Verbs and verbal derivatives

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

Nouns and adjectives

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

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], 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