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PS
*bṣ̂ṣ̂ - to trickle, to flow
(EDA I 420)
Lower-level reconstructions
PNWS
*biṣ̂ṣ̂-at-
- swamp
(EDA I 420)
PES
*bṣbṣ
- to mix, to stir
(EDA I 399)
Words
Akkadian
baṣāṣu
- to trickle
(CAD B 134, AHw. 110)
Derived words: biṣṣu ‘trickle’ (CAD B 268, 269, AHw. 130, 131, 1548); buṣāṣu ‘trifles’ (CAD B 348, AHw. 883).
Probably related to either Arb.
bḍḍ
‘to flow by little and little’ or Arb.
baṣṣa l-māˀu
= rašaḥa “to leak, to ooze (of water)” (TA 17 491).
Hebrew
bōṣ
- silt
(HALOT 147)
Arabic
bḍḍ
- to flow by little and little
(Lane 213)
Arabic
baḍaḍ-
- little water
(Lane 213)
Arabic
baḍīḍat-
- rain little in quantity
(Lane 213)
Arabic
baṣṣa l-māˀu
- = rašaḥa 'to leak, to ooze (of water)'
(TA 17 491)