oil dealer, oilman

, aor. يَزِيتُهُ, [inf. n. زَيْتٌ,] He anointed him, or it, with زَيْت, i. e. oil of the زَيْتُون [or olive]. (Msb.) You say, زِتٌّ, meaning I anointed my head, and the head of another, with oil of the زيتون. (L.) ― -b2- And زِتُّهُ, (Lh, S, K,) aor. أَزِيتُهُ, (S, K, TA, in the CK اَزِتُّه, and so in my MS. copy of the K,) inf. n. زَيْتٌ, (K,) I put زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil] into it; namely, the food; (S, K;) or the crumbled bread: or I prepared it therewith: (TA:) or I moistened it, or stirred it about, or moistened and mixed it, with زيت; namely, bread, and crumbled bread. (Lh, TA.) ― -b3- And زَاتَهُمْ (Lh, S, K, TA, in the CK [erroneously] زَأَتَهُمْ) He fed them with زَيْت: (Lh, K:) or he made زيت to be the seasoning of their food. (S.)

He furnished them with زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil] for travelling-provision; (Lh, S, A;) agreeably with a general rule relating to verbs similar to this in meaning. (Lh, TA.)

(in the CK [erroneously] اَزِْاَتُوا) They had much زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil]; their زَيْت became much; (Lh, K;) agreeably with a general rule relating to verbs similar to this in meaning. (Lh, TA.)

[so in the TA and in my MS copy of the K; in the CK, erroneously, اِزْدَأَتَ;] He anointed himself with زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil]. (K.)

He sought, or demanded, زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil]. (K.) You say, جَاوأُوا يَسْتَزِيتُونَ They came asking for زَيْت as a gift; (S, L;) or seeking, or demanding, زيت. (A.)

The oil, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or expressed juice, (M, TA,) or مُخّ [i. e. best, or choicest, of the constituents], (A, TA,) of the زَيْتُون [or olive]. (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K.) [In the present day it is applied to Any oil.]

[The olive-tree;] a certain kind of tree, (Msb, K, *) well known, (S, Msb,) whence زَيْت is obtained; (S, Msb, K;) [a tree] of the kind called عِضَاه; (AHn, Mgh, TA;) As says, on the authority of 'Abd-El-Melik Ibn-Sálih Ibn-'Alee, that a single tree of this kind lasts thirty thousand years; and that every tree of this kind in Palestine was planted by the ancient Greeks who are called the Yoonánees: (TA:) and the fruit of that tree: (Mgh:) or it has the latter signification, and is tropically applied to the tree: or it properly has both of these significations: (TA:) [it is a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة: (S, TA:) accord. to some, the ن is a radical letter, and the ى is augmentative, because they said ارض زتنة [i. e. أَرْضٌ زَتِنَةٌ, like أَرْضٌ عَضِهَةٌ from العِضَاهُ], meaning “ a land in which are زَيْتُون; ” so that the measure is فَيْعُولٌ; and if so, its proper place is art. زتن. (TA.) Respecting the phrase in the Kur xcv. l, وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ, see تِينٌ. ― -b2- [زَيْتُونُ بَنِى إِسْرَايأِيلَ Lapis Judaicus: so called because resembling an olive in shape, and found in Judæa.]

[ Of, or relating to, the olive: olivecoloured.]

One who sells, or expresses, زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil, and, vulgarly, any oil]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] جَآءَ فُلَانٌ فِى ثِيَابِ زَيَّاتٍ (assumed tropical:) Such a one came in dirty clothes. (A.)

and ↓ مَزْيُوتٌ Food into which زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil] has been put: (S, A, K:) or prepared therewith. (TA.)

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A man anointing himself, or who anoints himself, with زَيْت [i. e. olive-oil]. (TA.)