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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Uncertain, maybe related to some meanings within the Arabic root ب ض ض (b-ḍ-ḍ), بَضُوض (baḍūḍ), بَضِيضَة (baḍīḍa), بُضَاضَة (buḍāḍa) referring to small quantities of rain or water, and Akkadian 𒁀𒀀𒍮 (bāṣum, “sand”). Note the variant Arabic بُوط (būṭ) of بُرْدِيّ (burdiyy, “cat-tail; paper-reed”).
Noun
בוץ / בֹּץ • (bots) m
- mud
Tanach, Jeremiah 38:22:וְהִנֵּ֣ה כָל־הַנָּשִׁ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁאֲרוּ֙ בְּבֵ֣ית מֶֽלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֔ה מוּצָאֹ֕ות אֶל־שָׂרֵ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֑ל וְהֵ֣נָּה אֹמְרֹ֗ות הִסִּית֜וּךָ וְיָכְל֤וּ לְךָ֙ אַנְשֵׁ֣י שְׁלֹמֶ֔ךָ הָטְבְּע֥וּ בַבֹּ֛ץ רַגְלֶ֖ךָ נָסֹ֥גוּ אָחֹֽור׃- And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic *būṣ-.
Noun
בּוּץ • (buts) m
- byssus (fine linen)
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