بوص

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Arabic[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Synchronically connected to the root ب ص ص (b-ṣ-ṣ) or ب و ص (b-w-ṣ) meaning “to urge on”, “to hasten”, “to proceed”, “to outrun”, “a horse leading a race”; the reed being used as a crop to encourage speed.
Diachronically, from Proto-Semitic *būṣ-. Doublet of بُوصِير (būṣīr), بَزّ (bazz), بِزَّة (bizza), and بُزْيُون (buzyūn).

Noun[edit]

بُوص (būṣm (collective, singulative بُوصَة f (būṣa))

  1. reed of Phragmites gen.

Declension[edit]