bót

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bot"

Icelandic

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bót, from Proto-Germanic *bōtō (“recompense”).

Cognates include Old Swedish bōt (“improvement”) whence Swedish bot (“fine”). Compare also Bót- in the names Bótey, Bóthildur and Bótólfur, Swedish Boel and Bodil and Danish Bodil. Related to Proto-Germanic *batiz (“good; better”), itself ultimately going back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“improve, make better”) (sometimes reconstructed as **bʰ(e)Hd-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pouːt/

  Rhymes: -ouːt

Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. betterment, improvement, cure
2. patch

Declension

declension of bót

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bót	bótin	bætur	bæturnar
accusative	bót	bótina	bætur	bæturnar
dative	bót	bótinni	bótum	bótunum
genitive	bótar	bótarinnar	bóta	bótanna

Derived terms

• í þokkabót

Related terms

• bati
• betri
• bæta
• bæting

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the loanword bugt.

Noun

bót f (genitive singular bótar, nominative plural bætur)

1. bight, cove, inlet, a small bay

Declension

declension of bót

f-s3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bót	bótin	bætur	bæturnar
accusative	bót	bótina	bætur	bæturnar
dative	bót	bótinni	bótum	bótunum
genitive	bótar	bótarinnar	bóta	bótanna

Derived terms

• knésbót
• hnésbót
• olnbogabót

Related terms

• baugur
• bjúgur
• bogi
• bugt
• bugur

See also

• dalbotn
• hvilft
• vík
• vogur

References

• “bót” in: Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Kashubian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbwot/
• Syllabification: bót

Noun

bót m inan

1. boot
   • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎^[1], page 11:

     Szczescé, że Remus mô svoje botë na nogach.

     Lucky, Remus has his bots on.

2. shoe

Further reading

• “bót”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “but”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]

Vietnamese

FWOTD – 20 November 2021

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔt̚˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˧˥]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓɔk̚˦˥]

Etymology 1

From French brosse.

Noun

bót

1. (dated) brush (used for cleanup)

Synonyms

• bàn chải

Derived terms

• bót đánh răng ("toothbrush")

Etymology 2

Noun

bót

1. (dated) police station
   • 2016, Trầm Hương, Trong cơn lốc xoáy, part I, NXB Phụ nữ, page 367:

     Rất nhanh chóng, cò Bazin quay trở lại bót Catinat, với tâm thế sục sôi rửa hận.

     Very quickly, superintendent Bazin returned to the Catinat police station, his heart boiling over with vengeance.