# \*bizz- {} \*biʒʒ-: 'teat, breast'

> Proto-Semitic *bizz- {} *biʒʒ-, 'teat, breast': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bizz- {} \*biʒʒ- |
| Meaning | 'teat, breast' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2025 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | bizz-, buzz- 'nipple, tip of the breast; breast, nipple' \[Dozy 1 80\]. Cf. bazaⁿ 'an infirmity consisting in the chest being prominent and presenting a hump, while the back is sunken in, or else in the belly being too prominent and the chest sunken in, or else in the lower back and buttocks being too prominent' \[BK 1 123\] | Dozy 1 80; BK 1 123 |  |
| Ugaritic | bz \[DULAT 251\] | DULAT 251 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | bizz- 'breast, bosom' \[BK 1 120\] | BK 1 120 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | bizzā (also biztā) \[Ja 159\]; bz (det. byzh) \[DJPA 89a apud CAL\] | Ja 159; DJPA 89a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | bezzā 'breast, nipple' \[Brock 64\]; bezzōnā 'small nipple' \[ibid.\] | Brock 64 |  |
| Aramaic | OFF bz \[HJ 149\] | HJ 149 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

- [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>)

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