עטן

Hebrew

FWOTD – 15 August 2023

Etymology 1

Root
ע־ט־ן (ʿ-ṭ-n)

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)aˈtan/

Verb

עָטַן • (atán, ʕɔṭan) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱטַן) (Mishnaic Hebrew)

1. to pack olives into a vat
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Menachot 8:4:

     הַזַּיִת הַשְּׁלִישִׁי עוֹטְנוֹ בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת עַד שֶׁיִּלְקֶה […]

     hazzáyiṯ haššə̆liši ʕoṭə̆no bə̆ṯoḵ habbáyiṯ ʕaḏ šɛyyilqe […]

     The third olive harvest is packed into a vat in the olive press until it softens […]

Conjugation

Conjugation of עָטַן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 

non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לעטון / לַעֲטֹן action noun: עֲטִינָה passive participle: עָטוּן
finite forms		singular		plural
		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	עָטַנְתִּי		עָטַנּוּ
	second	עָטַנְתָּ	עָטַנְתְּ	עֲטַנְתֶּם1	עֲטַנְתֶּן1
	third	עָטַן	עָטְנָה	עָטְנוּ
present		עוֹטֵן	עוֹטֶנֶת	עוֹטְנִים	עוֹטְנוֹת
future	first	אעטון / אֶעֱטֹן		נעטון / נַעֲטֹן
	second	תעטון / תַּעֲטֹן	תַּעַטְנִי	תַּעַטְנוּ	תעטונה / תַּעֲטֹנָּה2
	third	יעטון / יַעֲטֹן	תעטון / תַּעֲטֹן	יַעַטְנוּ	תעטונה / תַּעֲטֹנָּה2
imperative		עטון / עֲטֹן	עִטְנִי	עִטְנוּ	עטונה / עֲטֹנָּה2
notes		Pronounced עָטַנְתֶּם and עָטַנְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʕ)eˈtan/

Noun

עֵטָן • (etán, ʕeṭɔn)

1. singular form of עֵט‎ with third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as possessor: their pen

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 469