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▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#354: Hbr bēṣā, SyrAram bīʕtō, Ḥrs bēṣ́eh, Mhr bēṣ́ayt, Śḥr beṣ́. – Outside Sem: cognates in several WCh languages (byaŝ, mbuŝi, mboŝ, mbuŝ, mbiŝ).

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Orel&Stolbova1994#354 reconstructs Sem *bayṣ́‑ ‘egg’ < AfrAs *buyać̣‑ ‘egg’ (with regular *a < AfrAs *u after a labial), assuming WCh *buyać̣‑ ‘egg’ (which would have preserved the original AfrAs form).

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► bāḍa, ī, vb. I, to lay eggs; to stay, settle down, be or become resident (bi‑ at a place) | b. bi’l-makān wa-farraḫ to be born and grow up in a place; to establish itself and spread (plague)
► bayyaḍa, vb. II, to make white, paint white, whitewash, whiten; to bleach, blanch (textiles, Iaundry, rice, etc.); to tin, tinplate; to make a fair copy | b. waǧhahū to make s.o. appear blameless, in a favorable light, to whitewash, exculpate, vindicate, justify s.o., play s.o. up, make much of s.o.; to honor s.o., show honor to s.o.; b. ‘llāhu waǧhahū may God make him happy! lā yubayyiḍu min waǧhih this doesn’t show him in a favorable light
► tabayyaḍa, vb. V: pass. of II.
► ĭbyaḍḍa vb. IX, to be or become white: denominative from ʔabyaḍ.

► bayḍaẗ, n. un., pl. ‑āt, egg; testicle; helmet; main part, substance, essence: n.un. | b. al-dīk (the egg of a rooster, i.e.) an impossible or extraordinary thing; b. al-balad a man held in high esteem in his Community; fī b. al-nahār in broad day light; b. al-ṣayf the hottest part of the summer; b. al-ʔislām the territory or pale of Islam; al-difāʕ ʕan b. al-dīn, b. il-waṭan defense of the faith, of the country; b. al-ḫidr a woman secluded from the outside world, a chaste, respectable woman
► bayḍī, bayḍawī and bayḍāwī, adj., egg-shaped, oviform, oval, ovate: nsb-adj. from bayḍ.
► buyayḍaẗ and buwayḍaẗ, n.f., pl. ‑āt, small egg, ovule; ovum (biol.)
► ^BP#3703bayāḍ, n., white, whiteness; whitewash; — (pl. ‑āt) barren, desolate, uncultivated land, wasteland; gap, blank space (in a manuscript); blank; leucoma (med.); linen, pl. ‑āt linen goods, linens; (syr.) milk, butter, and eggs | b. al‑bayḍ white of egg, albumen; b. al‑ʕayn the white of the eye; b. al‑nahār daylight, (acc.) by day, during the daytime; bayāḍa yaumihī wa-sawāda laylih by day and by night; b. al-waǧh fine character, good reputation; samak b. a Nile fish (eg.); ʕalà b. blank, free from writing, printing or marks, uninscribed; labisa, irtadà al-b. to dress in white
► bayūḍ, n., pl. buyuḍ, bīḍ (egg-) laying
► ^BP#564ʔabyaḍᵘ, f. bayḍāʔᵘ, pl. bīḍ white; bright; clean, shiny, polished; blameless, noble, sincere (character); empty, blank (sheet of paper); pl. al-bīḍān the white race; al-ʔ. white of egg, albumen | ʔarḍ bayḍāʔᵘ harren, uncultivated land, wasteland; ṯawraẗ bayḍāʔᵘ peaceful, bloodless revolution; al-ḫayṭ al-ʔ. first light of dawn; al-ḏahab al-ʔ. platinum; bi’l-silāḥ al-ʔ. with cold steel; ṣaḥīfatuhū bayḍāʔᵘ his reputation is good; he has noble deeds to his credit, he has a noble character; ṣuḥuf bayḍāʔᵘ noble, glorious deeds; ʔukḏūbaẗ bayḍāʔᵘ white lie, fib; al-mawt al-ʔ. natural death; yad bayḍāʔᵘ beneficent hand, benefaction
► al-Bayḍāʔ (short for al-Dār al-b.) n.prop., Casablanca:.
► bayḍāwī, adj., from Casablanca, a resident of C.: nsb-adj from [al-Dār] al-Bayḍāʔ.
► mabīḍ, mibyaḍ, n., ovary (med.): n.loc.
► tabyīḍaẗ, n.f., fair copy: n.un. from vn. II.
► ĭbyiḍāḍ, n., leukemia (med.): vn. IX.
► bāʔiḍ, adj., pl. bawāʔiḍᵘ, (egg-) laying: PA I (from bāḍa).
► mubayyiḍ, n., pl. ‑ūn, whitewasher; bleacher; tinner; copyist, transcriber (of fair copy): PA II.
► mubayyaḍaẗ, n.f., fair copy: n.un. from PP II.

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